Maryam

Where Maryam comes from

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam) and Persian مریم (maryam). Doublet of Mary, Maria, and Miriam.
— Wiktionary's entry for Maryam
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #3,665 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Maryam Mirzakhani born
    Iranian mathematician
  3. 1984
    Maryam Yusuf Jamal born
    Bahraini track and field athlete
  4. 2025
    Peak, #351
    869 babies named Maryam — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Maryam Mirzakhani · Iranian mathematician, 1977–2017
  • Maryam Yusuf Jamal · Bahraini track and field athlete, born 1984
  • Maryam Namazie · Iranian activist and broadcaster, born 1966
  • Maryam d'Abo · British actress, born 1960
  • Maryam Touzani · Moroccan filmmaker and actress, born 1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.