# Mariah

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /məˈɹaɪə/ · frequency rank #22,435

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Maria used since the nineteenth century. Popularized by singer Mariah Carey in the 1990s

## Easily confused with
- **Mario** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-mario)
- **Marie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marie)
- **marsh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marsh)
- **Marin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marin)
- **Marta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marta)
- **Maris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-maris)
- **Marla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marla)
- **Moria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-moria)
- **marine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marine)
- **marina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marina)
- **Marion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marion)
- **myriad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-myriad)
- **Miriam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-miriam)
- **Marian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marian)
- **Marius** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marius)
- **Maryam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-maryam)
- **Marwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marwan)
- **Marist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marist)
- **martial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-martial)
- **marital** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-marital)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amriah`, `mairah`, `maraih`, `mariahh`, `mariha`, `marriah`, `mmariah`, `mraiah`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mariah