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Girls Named Mara
This chart illustrates how many Girls were named Mara in the U.S. since 1880.
Records indicate that at least 15,708 girls have been named Mara since 1880 in the United States.
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User Comments about the name Mara
Comment left Jun 03, 2008: "Actress and one-time child star Mara Wilson, of 'Mrs Doubtfire' and 'Matilda' (as in the Roald Dahl book) fame." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 09, 2008: "My cousins name is Mara-Lynne. It's pronounce like Marilyn. I think it's an adorable name." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 02, 2008: "my name is Mara and it is pronounced like the Marathon. I hate my name. Nobody ever says it right. I was named after my great aunt who died when she was born around 1938 or so." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 22, 2008: "my name is Marah. So mine has an h in it. You pronounce it mar-uh not a long a, like maar-uh.
Or mar-rah. I still know your probaly still saying it wrong, but oh well." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Feb 07, 2007: "My name is Mara, but it's pronounced like Maure or Lara but with an "M". I LOVE MY NAME! So unique! I have never met anyone with a name like mine and I get so many mis-pronounciations. I've been called Myra, Mary, Maria, Meera, and Mara (like Sara but with an M)." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Dec 23, 2006: "I think of the meaning as related to the sea...latin mar- for sea. Same as with Spanish. So I wouldn't worry about the nightmare meaning thing :)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Dec 23, 2006: "I think of the meaning as related to the sea...latin mar- for sea. Same as with Spanish. So I wouldn't worry about the nightmare meaning thing :)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Oct 30, 2005: "My name is Mara and I found several meanings of the word in different languages. In general it seems to be conencted to water or nightmares...
hebrew: bitter water
egyptian: truth of Ra
irish: Sea
polish: nightmare
indian: death, devil, temptation (the name of the (male) demon who tried to seduce Buddha)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Aug 11, 2005: "My daughter is named Mara and everyone from the East Coast pronounces it correctly but in California where we live they all say "MAURA" or MEERA. Mara like the flower Marigold. Sometimes we call her Mara-gold!" (Report as inappropriate)
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