# Mariana

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,499

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Latin [in turn from Aramaic] or from Hebrew; variant forms Marian, Maryana.

## Etymology
Latinized form of Marian, ultimately from Mary or Mary + Ann. It is also the feminine form of Latin Mariānus, derivative of Marius, but these rather rare Roman names have been completely intertwined with Maria in the Christian era.

## Easily confused with
- **Marin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-marin)
- **marine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-marine)
- **marina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-marina)
- **Marion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-marion)
- **Marwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-marwan)
- **Martian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-martian)
- **Marissa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-marissa)
- **Martina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-martina)
- **maulana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-maulana)
- **Marianne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-marianne)
- **Marianna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-marianna)
- **marijuana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariana-vs-marijuana)
- **Maria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maria-vs-mariana)
- **Marian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-mariana)
- **Mariah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mariah-vs-mariana)
- **Malian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-mariana)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amriana`, `mairana`, `maraina`, `mariaan`, `marinaa`, `marriana`, `mmariana`, `mraiana`

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