Mariam - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Mariam \m(a)-riam\ is a variant of Marian (French), Mary (Latin) and Miriam (Hebrew), and the meaning of Mariam is "star of the sea".

The baby name Mariam sounds like Maryam, Myriam and Meriam. Other similar baby names are Maria, Mariah and Marial.

Mariam is a very common first name for women (#1392 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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