MEANING & HISTORY
What does Marimar mean?
Marimar is a documented contraction of María del Mar, Mary of the sea. Philippine dictionary material additionally records naming after the titular character of the Mexican television serial Marimar.
The devotional compound and a later character-inspired choice are distinct layers. The shorter name does not imply that every family consciously selected the older religious title.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
After the titular character of the Mexican soap opera Marimar.
a female given name; a given name for a female dog
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Marimar in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Marimar
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Maricar♀Short form of Maricarmen, from María del Carmen
- 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
- Marina♀Of the sea
- Marisa♀Combination of Maria and Luisa
- Marita♀A diminutive name in the Maria and Margaret families
What rhymes with Marimar?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Marimar further
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- Wiktionary contributors — Marimar (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary: Marimar (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: marimar (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Wiktionary: María del Mar (opens in a new tab)
Explicit parent or lexical step in the documented formation; the exact local relationship is cited separately.