🔥Mara

Hebrew

"bitter"

Mara Origin and Meaning

The name Mara is a girl's name of Hebrew, Czech origin meaning "bitter".

Mara is the evocative ancient root of Mary, appearing in the Book of Ruth, in which Naomi, devastated after the death of her two sons, says "Call me not Naomi, call me Mara." It's one of the girl names starting with M that both fits in and stands out.

Mara is a multicultural name, also a Kiswahili word meaning "a time," and could be conceived as a geographical name, being a river flowing through Kenya and Tanzania.

As a child actress, Mara Wilson played leading roles in Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire.

Mara Rank in US Top 1000

# 582 in the US

Mara Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 209 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Mara

• 582 US 2023
• 209 Nameberry 2025
• 481 Future 2028
• 520 England 2023
• 103 Scotland 2024
• 45 Germany 2024
• 77 Netherlands 2024
• 80 Spain 2023
• 46 Portugal 2020
• 49 Switzerland 2023
• 44 Croatia 2023

20 Names Similar to Mara

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Famous People Named Mara

• Mara Elizabeth Wilson American actress
• Mara Schiavocampo American news correspondent
• Mara Hoffman American fashion designer
• Mara Branković daughter of Serbian monarch Đurađ (George) Branković, member of the harem of Sultan Murad II of the Ottoman Empire
• Mara Liasson American journalist
• La Mara pen name of German writer Marie Lipsius
• Kate Mara American actress
• (Patricia) Rooney Mara American actress

The name Mara in Pop Culture

• Mara aka Marzanna Slavic goddess of winter, death, and harvest
• Mara Jade Skywalker character in the "Star Wars Extended Universe" series
• Mara a goddess of love and compassion from "The Elder Scrolls" videogames
• "Mara: Daughter of the Nile " novel by Eloise McGraw
• Mara Jaffray a character on TV's "House of Anubis"
• Mara antagonist of "The Clockwork Forest," by Doug Macleod
• Mara Aramov character in the "Syphon Filter" video game series
• Mara Wade character in 1965 movie "Mara of the Wilderness"
• Mara Amrita Dyer title character in Michelle Hodkin's novel series
• Mara one of seven Gods in David Eddings' series "The Belgariad"
• Mara Carlyle main character in novel "Spontaneous" by Aaron Starmer
• Mara a tempter figure in Buddhism