Meaning of the nameMary

Mary is a spelling of the name Mari.

Meaning

The meaning of Mary is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 20,937
Rank in Brazil: #1,030
Median age: 48 years
2010 Census: 16,857; people

Mary in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mary, 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 (4,425 people).

20,828 women 109 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 Mary is most common

States with the highest share of people named Mary in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Roraima 0.018%
Amazonas 0.016%
Sergipe 0.015%
Minas Gerais 0.014%
Rio de Janeiro 0.013%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,104	0.012%
Minas Gerais	2,812	0.014%
Rio de Janeiro	2,140	0.013%
Bahia	1,217	0.009%
Paraná	939	0.008%
Maranhão	850	0.013%
Ceará	815	0.009%
Rio Grande do Sul	759	0.007%
Pará	691	0.009%
Amazonas	638	0.016%
Santa Catarina	611	0.008%
Pernambuco	592	0.007%
Goiás	585	0.008%
Distrito Federal	352	0.013%
Sergipe	329	0.015%
Espírito Santo	315	0.008%
Paraíba	309	0.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul	297	0.011%
Alagoas	289	0.009%
Piauí	268	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	263	0.008%
Mato Grosso	262	0.007%
Rondônia	129	0.008%
Roraima	116	0.018%
Tocantins	112	0.007%
Amapá	92	0.013%
Acre	51	0.006%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Mary

Keeps the English spelling, with a final Y, and is the most common spelling in the group.

About the name Mari

Mary is the English form of Maria, which comes from Latin and New Testament Greek and, ultimately, from Hebrew Miryam, the name of the sister of Moses in the Old Testament; Behind the Name and Wiktionary say that the meaning of Miryam is uncertain. Wiktionary records Mari as a short form of Maria in several languages, such as Spanish, where it is a colloquial diminutive of María, and Finnish. Because the meaning of the root is uncertain, so is that of the two spellings. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 20,937 people named Mary and 20,566 named Mari. Both spellings are almost always female; proportionally, Mari is most common in Rio Grande do Sul, and Mary in Roraima.

Other spellings of Mari

Spelling	People (2022)
Mary	20,937
Mari	20,566

Sources

Behind the Name: Mary · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Mary · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Mari · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Mary

What does the name Mary mean?

The meaning of Mary is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Mary in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 20,937 people with the first name Mary, which ranks it number 1,030 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Mary a boy's or a girl's name?

Mary is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 20,828 women and 109 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Mary?

Mary is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Mary most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.018% of the state's population is named Mary (116 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Mary?

Mari. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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