Meaning of the nameMaris
- Female
- Ma-ris
Maris is a female name of uncertain origin in Brazil, recorded in every birth decade of the 2022 Census, from before 1940 to 2022.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,821 people named Maris, the 4,060th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 53, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Meaning
The meaning of Maris is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 2,821
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,060
- Median age
- 53 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,089
- people
Maris in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Maris, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (669 people).
2,744 women 77 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Maris is most common
States with the highest share of people named Maris in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
- Santa Catarina 0.003%
- Ceará 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 700 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 327 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 274 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 187 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 177 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 176 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 161 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 119 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 103 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 81 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 81 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 52 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 46 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 41 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 37 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 37 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 35 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 34 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 30 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 30 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 27 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 19 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Maris
The origin of Maris in Brazil is uncertain. In other languages there are names spelled this way with their own histories: in Estonian, Maris is a female name and a variant of Maria or Maarja, and in Hungarian it is a diminutive of Mária. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,821 people named Maris, with a median age of 53. The largest group was born in the 1960s, and there is an increase among those born from the 2000s on. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Maris · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Maris
What does the name Maris mean?
The meaning of Maris is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Maris in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,821 people with the first name Maris, which ranks it number 4,060 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Maris a boy's or a girl's name?
Maris is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,744 women and 77 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Maris most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.003% of the state's population is named Maris (274 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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