Maris Forename
23,409th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 37,574 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia
Maris Forename Definition:
M. A Scottish offshoot from Mary, says ‘Swan’; but may it not be a contraction of Marius.
Maris Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 100% | 9,586 | 1:210 | 46 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 5,040 | 1:35,231 | 2,936 |
| United States | 75% | 3,281 | 1:110,496 | 4,762 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,570 | 1:100,375 | 11,260 |
| Estonia | 98% | 2,411 | 1:546 | 123 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,622 | 1:18,620 | 1,613 |
| Philippines | 94% | 1,620 | 1:65,438 | 4,287 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,327 | 1:36,005 | 1,907 |
| Brazil | 90% | 1,032 | 1:207,593 | 9,159 |
| Honduras | 100% | 886 | 1:9,952 | 995 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 769 | 1:4,457 | 454 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58% | 645 | 1:12,639 | 1,274 |
| Argentina | 100% | 630 | 1:67,894 | 1,585 |
| India | 52% | 618 | 1:1,965,822 | 103,165 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 562 | 1:18,561 | 1,788 |
| Russia | 93% | 323 | 1:446,544 | 5,092 |
| Ecuador | - | 322 | 1:55,053 | 1,841 |
| England | 60% | 317 | 1:175,404 | 5,424 |
| Netherlands | 70% | 247 | 1:68,429 | 4,144 |
| Canada | 100% | 235 | 1:140,993 | 6,222 |
| DR Congo | 71% | 233 | 1:316,857 | 12,497 |
| Italy | 86% | 222 | 1:275,054 | 3,542 |
| Ireland | 94% | 182 | 1:25,514 | 1,125 |
| Nicaragua | 98% | 179 | 1:33,622 | 1,964 |
| Panama | 100% | 171 | 1:22,845 | 2,162 |
| Uganda | 57% | 155 | 1:264,238 | 8,106 |
| Mexico | 100% | 110 | 1:1,128,586 | 8,690 |
| Peru | 100% | 103 | 1:308,655 | 6,686 |
| Malta | - | 97 | 1:4,426 | 628 |
| Sweden | 65% | 93 | 1:105,999 | 4,465 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 89 | 1:81,312 | 2,305 |
| Croatia | 81% | 86 | 1:49,036 | 1,724 |
| Germany | 66% | 86 | 1:1,124,161 | 8,377 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 86 | 1:187,307 | 2,943 |
| Finland | 62% | 81 | 1:67,694 | 1,969 |
| Thailand | 73% | 80 | 1:875,823 | 33,771 |
| Australia | - | 79 | 1:172,881 | 4,735 |
| Cuba | - | 71 | 1:162,064 | 2,575 |
| El Salvador | - | 69 | 1:91,910 | 2,036 |
| Chile | 96% | 55 | 1:320,131 | 4,744 |
| Scotland | 100% | 55 | 1:97,279 | 2,334 |
| Norway | 100% | 54 | 1:95,043 | 3,127 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 50 | 1:119,466 | 7,352 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 50 | 1:164,270 | 4,176 |
| Albania | 85% | 49 | 1:62,175 | 5,185 |
| Malaysia | 56% | 49 | 1:621,427 | 25,302 |
| Israel | 71% | 43 | 1:195,417 | 6,129 |
| Denmark | - | 40 | 1:141,237 | 3,600 |
| Greece | 75% | 38 | 1:287,751 | 4,961 |
| Azerbaijan | 86% | 36 | 1:267,860 | 7,437 |
| France | 67% | 36 | 1:1,846,398 | 11,178 |
| South Africa | 77% | 36 | 1:1,514,796 | 49,831 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 36 | 1:660,269 | 31,946 |
| Yemen | - | 35 | 1:751,336 | 2,797 |
| Iraq | 100% | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| New Zealand | - | 33 | 1:137,456 | 5,350 |
| Zimbabwe | 86% | 33 | 1:467,388 | 21,637 |
| Afghanistan | 71% | 32 | 1:1,019,485 | 12,454 |
| Belgium | 65% | 32 | 1:359,064 | 6,694 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 28 | 1:6,941,346 | 58,753 |
| Spain | 100% | 26 | 1:1,789,614 | 11,088 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 25 | 1:864,420 | 23,819 |
| Belarus | 64% | 18 | 1:526,799 | 3,344 |
| Liberia | 86% | 15 | 1:294,137 | 9,351 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,267,632 | 12,179 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Nepal | 50% | 13 | 1:2,191,335 | 33,475 |
| Belize | 100% | 11 | 1:32,210 | 2,977 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 11 | 1:79,189 | 2,418 |
| Hong Kong | - | 11 | 1:704,793 | 4,980 |
| Lebanon | 55% | 11 | 1:511,597 | 6,402 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8 | 1:595,994 | 8,229 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Romania | - | 8 | 1:2,506,497 | 24,627 |
| Wales | 87% | 8 | 1:386,789 | 5,520 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 7 | 1:90,654 | 2,656 |
| Singapore | 100% | 7 | 1:898,151 | 14,197 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Czechia | 72% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3 | 1:2,383,998 | 75,650 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Senegal | 50% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Hungary | 98% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Mariş (51), Märis (14), Máris (13), Marís (8), Mãris (3), Mariš (2) & Mâris (1) are calculated separately.
Maris (22,784) may also be a surname.
Maris Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
M. A Scottish offshoot from Mary, says ‘Swan’; but may it not be a contraction of Marius.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Maris Forename Popularity
Maris Demographics
Maris Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 574 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Maris Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maris in the Russian language | ||
| Марис | maris | - |
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Footnotes
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