Mariana (given name)

Mariana

Mariana Victoria of Spain
Pronunciation	má-ree-á-na / má-di-á-na
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
Origin
Word/name	Latin: Marianus
Meaning	Daughter of Marius
Region of origin	Romance-speaking Europe
Other names
Related names	Marianne, Marianna, Marian (Czech; Slovak), Mariano (male variant), Mary Anne
See also	Maria

Mariana is a feminine given name of Latin origin. The masculine equivalent is Marianus, which is derived from Marius. Marianus became Mariano in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

Nobles

• Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen consort of Spain
• Marianna Lubomirska (1693–1729), Polish noble
• Mariana Koskull (1785–1841), Swedish noble
• Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718–1781), Queen of Portugal
• Infanta Mariana Francisca of Portugal (1736–1813), daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal
• Infanta Mariana Vitória of Portugal (1768–1788), daughter of Queen Maria I of Portugal and King Peter III of Portugal

Writers

• Mariana Codruț (born 1956), Romanian poet, writer and journalist
• Mariana Frenk-Westheim (1898–2004), German-Mexican writer and translator
• Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851–1931), American author
• Mariana Starke (c. 1761–1831), English author
• Juan de Mariana (1536–1624), Spanish Jesuit and historian

Entertainers

• Mariana Aydar (born 1980), Brazilian singer
• Mariana Čengel Solčanská (born 1978), Slovak director
• Marianna Efstratiou (born 1962), Greek singer
• Mariana Levy (1966–2005), Mexican actress, singer, and television host
• Mariana Molina (born 1990), Brazilian actress
• Mariana Nicolescu (1948–2022), Romanian opera singer
• Mariana Ochoa (born 1979), Mexican singer and actress
• Mariana Popova (born 1978), Bulgarian singer
• Mariana Renata (born 1983), Indonesian actress
• Mariana Seoane (born 1976), Mexican actress, model, and singer
• Mariana Sîrbu (died 2023), Romanian violinist
• Mariana Todorova (born 1974), Bulgarian violinist
• Mariana Varela (born 1996), Miss Universe Argentina 2019 and Miss Grand Argentina 2020
• Mariana Ximenes (born 1981), Brazilian actress

Athletes

• Mariana Avitia (born 1993), Mexican archer
• Mariana Chirila (born 1964), Romanian distance runner
• Mariana Constantin (born 1960), Romanian artistic gymnast
• Mariana Díaz Oliva (born 1976), Argentinian tennis player
• Mariana Henriques (born 1994), Angolan swimmer
• Mariana Ohata (born 1978), Brazilian athlete
• Mariana Pajón (born 1991), Colombian cyclist
• Mariana Roriz (born 1980), Brazilian water polo player
• Mariana Simeanu (born 1964), Romanian middle-distance runner
• Mariana Simionescu (born 1956), Romanian tennis player
• Mariana Solomon (born 1980), Romanian triple jumper
• Mariana Zúñiga (born 2002), Chilean Paralympic archer

Other people

• Mariana Becker (born early 1970s), Brazilian sports journalist and television reporter
• Mariana Bracetti (1825–1903), leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement
• Mariana Wright Chapman (1843-1907), American social reformer, suffragist
• Mariana Drăgescu (1912–2013), Romanian military aviator during World War II
• Mariana J. Kaplan, Mexican-American rheumatologist and physician-scientist
• Marianna Knottenbelt (born 1949), Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer
• Mariana Kotzeva (born 1967), Bulgarian statistician and econometrician
• Mariana Loya (born 1979), American beauty queen
• Mariana Mazzucato, born June 16, 1968) Italian economist
• Mariana Pfaelzer (1926–2015), United States federal judge
• Mariana de Pineda Muñoz (1804–1831), martyr of Spanish liberalism
• Marianna Pineda (1925–1996), American sculptor
• Mariana Wolfner, American molecular biologist and geneticist

See also

• Marianna (given name)
• Marijana
• Maryanne