Mariama

name

The verdict

“Mariama” is uncommon French (frequency #80,403 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,403
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mariama · Mariama · French

Mariama · rank #80,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,403
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marjane

Nearest frequency peer: Marjane (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Mariama »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mariama » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mariama
PropertyValue
HeadwordMariama
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,403
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Mariama » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Mariamatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Marjane » (#80,404), « manipulables » (#80,401), « marsupiaux » (#80,406). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mariama » est au #80,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mariama is uncommon French at frequency #80,403 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mariama, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Mariama, spelled M-A-R-I-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mariama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sous les acclamations, Katel Lejeune a nommé de mémoire le prénom de tous les bénévoles investis : Jean-Yves, Zabeth, Magali, François, Olivier, Brigitte, Catherine, Marie-No, Martine, Claire, Pascal, Mariama, Alain, Jean-Marc, Nolwenn et Éloane.
  2. Ainsi, on peut désormais aller aux archives Suzanne-Citron à Bobigny et déposer ses enfants aux crèches Emmi-Pikler et Virginia-Apgar à Drancy, Suzanne-Lacore et Betty-Williams à La Courneuve et Mariama-Bâ à Épinay-sur-Seine.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mariama"?
"Mariama" is spelled M-A-R-I-A-M-A.
What does "Mariama" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mariama" means: Prénom féminin.
What language does "Mariama" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mariama", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list