MEANING & HISTORY
What does Marife mean?
Marife has an explicit Tagalog account as a familiar form of María Fermina. The dictionary also records surface combinations of Maria with Fermina or Fe.
Fe means faith in Spanish, while Fermina belongs to a firm-name family. These alternatives should not be merged into a universal phrase such as beloved faith.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Tagalog
- /maɾiˈfe/
- [mɐ.ɾɪˈfɛ]
- /maɾiˈpe/
- [mɐ.ɾɪˈpɛ]
Ma · ri · fe3 written divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Dictionary accounts by language
Tagalog
Blend of Spanish María + Spanish Fermina, from Spanish María Fermina. By surface analysis, Maria + Fermina or Maria + Fe.
a diminutive of the female given name Maria Fermina, from Spanish
Wiktionary: Marife (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Marife
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Marife Necesito
Filipino actress
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Related forms & spellings
Similar names to Marife
Explore names with a similar opening or ending.
Names in this collection
- Marie♀French form of Mary, from Miriam
- Margie♀Familiar form of Margaret; pearl
- Mari♂♀Mary-family form; also a separate Japanese name
- Maria♀Latin form of the biblical name Miriam
- María♂♀Spanish form of the biblical name Miriam
- Mariam♀Biblical Mariam form in the Miriam–Maria family
- Marian♀A form of Marion, or Mary joined with Ann
- Maribel♀Blend of María and Isabel
What rhymes with Marife?
Dictionary rhyme matches for the readings shown.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Marife further
Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate records ·
MARIFE
· CSV row 9,370 · ODbL 1.0 - Wikidata
- 2 person records with this given name · Q110267643 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q110267643 — Marife (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Marife Necesito (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Marife Dela Torre (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Marife (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — María (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Fermina (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Fe (opens in a new tab)