Mariah
Meaning of Mariah
Mariah is a spirited spin-off of María, the Latin form of the ancient Hebrew Miryām, a name awash in poetic translations—“wished-for child,” “drop of the sea,” even “beloved rebel.” She saunters across languages with the sway of a salsa beat, rolling off the tongue as muh-RYE-uh and leaving a little sparkle in her wake. Pop legend Mariah Carey famously sent the name soaring up the U.S. charts in the early ’90s, her high notes carrying it from relative obscurity to a Top-100 darling almost overnight. Yet long before power ballads, frontier folk were “calling the wind Mariah” in the musical Paint Your Wagon, painting her as a free-roaming breeze that can’t be fenced in. Today she still dances between classic and modern, traditional and diva, making parents feel they’ve found a hidden courtyard where timeless elegance meets chart-topping charisma. If you’re searching for a name that hums like a lullaby but can still belt out a fiesta anthem, Mariah might just have your corazón singing.
Pronunciation
British English
- Pronunced as muh-RYE-uh (/məˈraɪə/)
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Notable People Named Mariah
| Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and actress celebrated for her five octave vocal range and whistle register, ranked fifth greatest singer by Rolling Stone in 2023. |
| Mariah Idrissi is a British model and speaker who rose to fame as the first hijab wearing model in a 2015 H and M campaign, became a leading voice on modest fashion, and later signed with Select in 2016 and Insanity Group in 2017. |
| Mariah Parker, known as Linqua Franqa, is an American rapper and labor organizer from Georgia who served as Athens-Clarke County District 2 commissioner from 2018 to 2022. |
| Mariah Stackhouse is an LPGA golfer and Stanford All American who helped Stanford win the 2015 NCAA title and made history as the youngest African American woman in the US Open at 17 and the first on the 2014 US Curtis Cup team. |
| Mariah Duran is an American skateboarder who rides goofy foot. |
