Mayara
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Mayara by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Mayara. In the US, 5 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 11 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Mayara
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 Mayara. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mayarigoddess of the moon in Filipino mythology4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayanaillusion or magic; of illusion8 in the US (2017)
- Maysaraease or convenience4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayra160 in the US (2017)
- Mayar18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mauradark; great; feminine form of Maurus189 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mayara
Names that are said the same way as Mayara, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Mahiraskilled; proficient; expert69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryahstar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mariah57 in the US (2017)
- Maryastar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mary10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marayahvision of the lord; a form of Mariah11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mayara
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