Marianna

Marianna: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“combination of Maria and Anna”
Origin
Latin
Say it
mar-ee-AN-uh · 4 syllables
Used for
Girls

Traditionally used as a Latinized form related to Mariana/Marianne, often understood as a blend of Maria and Anna. The underlying meanings come from Mary and Anne, but Marianna itself is a long-established form.

How popular is Marianna?

202494.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Marianna in 2024314

2024 rank#855 girls

Peak year2006

Total US babies since 188018,132

Marianna has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Marianna

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Miamine; also Maria diminutive · Italian
  • Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew
  • Mariameaning uncertain · Hebrew
  • Marielladrop of the sea; beloved · Italian
  • Miahuncertain; often linked to Mia · Unknown
  • Marlenemodern blend of Maria and Magdalene · Germanic
  • Maliahmodern variant of Malia · American (modern coinage)
  • Mairabitter; beloved; drop of the sea · Hebrew

Marianna questions

What does the name Marianna mean?

Marianna means "combination of Maria and Anna". It comes from Latin. Traditionally used as a Latinized form related to Mariana/Marianne, often understood as a blend of Maria and Anna. The underlying meanings come from Mary and Anne, but Marianna itself is a long-established form.

Is Marianna a boy or girl name?

Marianna is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Marianna?

314 US babies were named Marianna in 2024. Its peak year was 2006.

How do you pronounce Marianna?

Marianna is usually pronounced mar-ee-AN-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.