Maranatha
A girls’ name of Aramaic origin, meaning our lord comes; lord come quickly.
Maranatha by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Maranatha. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 1978, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maranatha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Maranatha, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Maranatha
Nobody has voted for Maranatha yet
Vote for Maranatha and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Maranatha