Amaria

#58 in Mississippi

Meaning of Amaria

Amaria (uh-MAR-ee-uh) glides through history like a flamenco melody at dusk—equal parts devotion, love, and sea-spray. Linguists trace her first footsteps to the Hebrew Amariah, “God has spoken,” yet her lilting vowels also brush against Latin amor for “love” and the Spanish mar for “ocean,” giving her an unspoken promise of both faith and freedom. Though she has never stormed the U.S. popularity charts, Amaria’s steady presence—hovering in the 800s for three decades—suggests a hidden gem cherished by parents who prefer moonlight to floodlights. She carries a quiet charisma: scholarly enough for a law review, playful enough to skip stones along the Costa del Sol. Picture a little Amaria chasing butterflies under a terracotta sunset, and you can almost hear the gentle wink in her name—a reminder that, sometimes, the most resonant statements are whispered rather than shouted.

Pronunciation

British English

  • Pronunced as uh-MAR-ee-uh (/əˈmɑːriə/)

American English

  • Pronunced as uh-MAR-ee-uh (/əˈmɑriə/)

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