Fun Facts About the Name Avemaria
- 15 babies named Avemaria: U.S. records list 15 babies given the name Avemaria from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Avemaria Mean?
Avemaria is a feminine name taken from the Latin phrase Ave Maria, meaning "Hail Mary." Ave is a Latin salutation or greeting, and Maria is the Latin form of Mary, ultimately from Hebrew Miriam. The phrase is a devotional invocation addressed to Mary, mother of Jesus; its meaning is the literal greeting "Hail, Mary," not a separate descriptive word.
Avemaria Name History & Origins
The prayer's opening words are drawn from the Latin Bible: in Luke 1:28 the angel Gabriel greets Mary with Ave, gratia plena ("Hail, full of grace"), and Luke 1:42 supplies Elizabeth's blessing. The joined invocation Ave Maria became the opening of the Hail Mary, a central Catholic prayer. Its first part is biblical; the second part, asking Mary to pray for sinners, developed later in the medieval Western Church and became fixed in its familiar form in the 16th century. The one-word given name Avemaria follows the Latin wording of the prayer rather than the English "Hail Mary." It belongs with Catholic devotional names taken from Marian invocations, though it is far less common than Maria or Mary. The earliest use of Avemaria as a personal name is not well documented.
How Popular is the Name Avemaria?
Avemaria has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #5,357 in 1947.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,241 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #16,591 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #5,357 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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