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Etymology of Marías

What does the name Marías mean?

The name is Biblical in origin, coming from the Virgin Mary. The fact that the prefixes "De" and "Di" are often added to it suggest that it could be metronymic, that is, a surname originally derived from the name of the first bearer's mother, and meaning "son of Maria." This is rare in Italian names, generally such names were taken from the name of the father (patronymics). In some cases the children of widows or the illegitimate children of noblemen's mistresses took the mother's name for their surname.

Early Origins of the Marías family

The surname Marías was first found in Genoa (Italian: Genova), and elsewhere throughout Italy. As surnames began to come in to usage in Italy, this name emerged independently in different parts of the peninsula.

Early History of the Marías family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Marías research. Another 146 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1450, 1489, 1503, 1609, 1623, 1654, 1665, 1669 and 1690 are included under the topic Early Marías History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Marías Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Maria, De Maria, Demaria, Di Maria, Mari and others.

Early Notables of the Marías family

Lorenzo Cybo de Mari (c.1450-1503), an Italian Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, was made cardinal in 1489; Francesco di Maria (1623-1690), an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly...
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Marías migration to the United States +



Marías Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Martin Marias, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1898 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Marías (post 1700) +

  • Javier Marías Franco (1951-2022), Spanish author, translator, and columnist who published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White (Corazón tan blanco, 1992) and Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, 1994); his books have been translated into forty-six languages and were sold close to nine million times internationally
  • Fernando Marías Amondo (1958-2022), Spanish writer


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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