Maris
[ˈmærɪs]Meaning
diminutive of Maria; also "of the sea", from the Latin Stella Maris
Background Story
Maris is a given name, primarily female, with more than one derivation. One of these makes it a diminutive of Maria, and it is recorded in that use in languages including Afrikaans, Albanian and Arabic. Another derives it from the Latin title Stella Maris, "star of the sea", an epithet of the Virgin Mary; the spelling Māris is recorded as well. A further derivation traces it to the Irish triple goddess The Morrígan, called "the three Maries".
Related Names
Marin
Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and French form of Marinus
Maryn
No meaning is documented in the sources checked
Darya
Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian form of Daria; Persian for "sea, ocean"
Halia
Ancient greek name meaning 'the dweller in the sea' or 'the briney'
Marea
Catalan and Spanish word for the tide, from Latin.
Maree
Variant of Marie
Marina
Feminine form of Marinus, from Latin marinus, "of the sea"
Marine
French, Armenian and Georgian form of Marina
Maro
A given name recorded in Croatian, Galician, Greek and ecclesiastical use