Fun Facts About the Name Dulcemaria
- 732 babies named Dulcemaria: U.S. records list 732 babies given the name Dulcemaria from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Dulcemaria Mean?
Dulcemaria is a compound given name used in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions, built from Dulce and María (Portuguese Maria). Dulce descends from the Latin adjective dulcis, "sweet," which became the ordinary Spanish and Portuguese word for sweet and was also taken up as a personal name. María is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Mary, which reached those languages through Greek Mariam and Hebrew Miriam. Read literally, the pair means "sweet Mary."
The second element has its own long-standing uncertainty. The meaning of Hebrew Miriam is not settled: one traditional explanation connects it to a root meaning "bitter," while other proposals link it to a word for "beloved" or to an Egyptian origin. Christian readings of Mary as "beloved" or as "star of the sea" are later symbolic interpretations, not translations of the Hebrew. The dependable sense of the compound is therefore "sweet" attached to the name Mary, not a single fixed dictionary definition.
Dulcemaria Name History & Origins
Joining María to a second name is an old and widespread pattern in Spanish naming, found in forms such as María Dolores, María de la Luz, and José María. Dulce María follows that pattern, and Spanish normally writes it as two words; the single-word spelling Dulcemaria is a variant of the same name rather than a separate one. Portuguese uses Dulce Maria in the same way, with the first element pronounced with a final vowel closer to "ee."
The devotional background of the pairing is the Catholic title Dulce Nombre de María, "Sweet Name of Mary," the Spanish designation for the feast of the Holy Name of Mary, kept on September 12 in the Roman calendar. Churches, parishes, and towns have been named for the title, among them Dulce Nombre de María in El Salvador. Dulce also stands alone as a given name in Spain, Latin America, and Brazil, and it appears in medieval Iberia: Dulce of Aragon became queen of Portugal through her marriage to Sancho I in the twelfth century. In Brazil it has served as a religious name, as with the nun known as Irmã Dulce, canonized in 2019.
How Popular is the Name Dulcemaria?
Dulcemaria 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 2007. Its best rank was #2,832 in 2007.
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 | #10,313 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #6,679 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #7,009 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #8,668 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #7,358 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #7,009 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2019 | #6,236 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #6,322 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #6,350 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #4,763 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #5,515 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #5,846 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #4,272 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2012 | #4,069 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2011 | #2,878 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2010 | #4,220 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #3,580 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 2008 | #3,439 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2007 | #2,832 | 64 | 0.0033% |
| 2006 | #2,894 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 2005 | #5,145 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2004 | #7,952 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #6,385 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2002 | #7,160 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2001 | #4,481 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1997 | #10,058 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #10,904 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #9,834 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #13,778 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #11,821 | 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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