Maritza
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the sea; a form of Marina or Maria.
Maritza by the numbers
Maritza was given to 142 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 780 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Maria
Like Maritza, each of these traces back to Maria: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Miamine; also a form of Maria13,453 in the US (2017)
- Myamine; a modern respelling of Mia or form of Maria1,728 in the US (2017)
- Mariellaof the sea; a form of Maria30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marianoof Mars, warlike; masculine form of Maria148 in the US (2017)
- Maribelof the sea and beautiful; blend of Maria and Isabel130 in the US (2017)
- Marielaof the sea; diminutive of Maria120 in the US (2017)
- Mariof the sea; a form of Mary or Maria32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riariver mouth; short form of Maria38 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that come from Marina
Like Maritza, each of these traces back to Marina: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maritza. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maritapearl; a form of Margaret or Maria11 in the US (2017)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marianaof the sea; feminine form of Marius1,084 in the US (2017)
- Marissaof the sea; form of Maria or Maris427 in the US (2017)
- Marinaof the sea68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marthalady or mistress302 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Maritza, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Halliefrom the hall; sea-woman1,246 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Maritza
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