Maresa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maresa by the numbers

Maresa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 1995, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Maresa

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maresa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marisaof the sea; a form of Maria88 in the US (2017)
  • Mareaof the sea; a form of Maria8 in the US (2017)
  • Mareya7 in the US (2017)
  • Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marenof the sea; feminine form of Marinus463 in the US (2017)
  • Marissaof the sea; form of Maria or Maris427 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maresa

Names that are said the same way as Maresa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Marciadedicated to Mars; warlike11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maurissaof the moors; a form of Maureen or Maurice6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Maresa

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