Maruska
A girls’ name of Slavic origin, meaning of the sea; diminutive of Maria in Slavic languages.
Maruska by the numbers
Maruska was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Maria
Like Maruska, 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)
- Maritzaof the sea; a form of Marina or Maria142 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)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maruska. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mariskaof the sea; a form of Marisa25 in the US (2017)
- Marissaof the sea; form of Maria or Maris427 in the US (2017)
- Marisaof the sea; a form of Maria88 in the US (2017)
- Marshaof mars the god; warlike; a form of marcia14 in the US (2017)
- Marikaform of Maria; of the sea; beloved13 in the US (2017)
- Marysiaof the sea; a form of maria or mary3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Maruska, 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)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 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)
Names about as common as Maruska
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