What does Mara mean?

Mara means "bitter; date palm, palm tree; sea of bitterness; rebelliousness; wished-for child; to swell; calf, g"

How do we pronounce Mara?

Mara \ma-ra, mar-a\ is a female's name. It consists of 4 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Mara is pronounced MAARah (English) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Mara: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

What is the origin of Mara?

Mara is of Old Greek and Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in English, Hebrew, Italian, Slavic, German, Hungarian, and Czech. Hebrew origin, English, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, and Italian use: Biblical name derived from the word marah with the meaning 'bitter'. In the Bible, Naomi gave herself the name Mara after the deaths of her husband and two sons: 'Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me'. The name has been adopted by English speakers since the 17th century. In addition, Mara is a shortening of Amara name variations (English). Mara a familiar form of nicknames for Damaris (English and German) in the English, Hebrew, Italian, and Slavic languages. Mara a variant of Mary name variations (English) in the English, Hungarian, and Slavic languages. Mara a variant of what does the name Tamar mean (Armenian, English, Hebrew, and Turkish) in the Czech language. of Mara comprise baby name Mahra, short names for Marabel (English), meaning of Marae, nicknames for Maralina, Maralinda meaning, Maraline name popularity, and what does the name Marella mean (Italian). nicknames for Marah (spelling variant in English and German) and Marra pronounciation (spelling variant in English) are other forms of the name. Mara is an all-time favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was before. The name's popularity grew from the 1940s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of only very modest use. At the peak of its usage in 1997, 0.022% of baby girls were named Mara. It was #568 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #870 with a usage of 0.016%, but it was nevertheless the 3rd most popular after Mary name and Amara meaning of name, out of all girl names in its family. Mary was 9 times more commonly used than Mara in 2010.

List of baby names that sound like Mara:

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The baby name Mara fun facts:

The name Mara in reverse order is "Aram".

The numerological value of the name Mara is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Mara?

Mara is in the top names in USA.

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Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames