Meaning of Mariia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мари́я (Maríja), equivalent to Mary.
2. A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Марі́я (Maríja), equivalent to Mary.

Examples

“Sophia Dorothea adopted the Russian Orthodox name Mariia Fedorovna.”

“[I]n 1838 the community was elevated to a monastery, and [Margarita] Tuchkova, having been tonsured and given the monastic name Mariia, was appointed abbess.”

“Even a look at the names of pupils supports the conclusion that the student body was diverse. Where such information is available, Yettas and Rakhels attended classes with Mariias and Terezas. In other words, the schools were not composed entirely of the wealthy or the Russified elements of the Jewish community, who might have chosen to give their children Russian names, but instead drew on a far wider selection of families, including those who relied on traditional Yiddish and biblical names.”

“The post office searched for the sender and found another Gordichuk, who also came from Bukovyna and had a wife there named Mariia.”

“After the death of her husband in 1665, she devoted herself to church and community work, joined the *Lutske Brotherhood of the Elevation of the Cross in 1666, and later entered a monastery, where she took the name Mariia Mahdalyna.”

“Although recalled much less often than many of the men, Anna nevertheless appeared on the Church schedule much more often than did most women’s names; only Mariia was honored more often, but from ancient times the Orthodox Church preserved “the honorable custom not to give to those newly christened the names of the Lord Jesus Christ or His Most Holy Mother. . . . .””

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