Fun Facts About the Name Mariamawit
- 197 babies named Mariamawit: U.S. records list 197 babies given the name Mariamawit from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mariamawit Mean?
Mariamawit is an Amharic feminine name meaning "of Mary" or "belonging to Mary." It is formed from Mariam, the Ethiopian form of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the Amharic feminine ending -awit. In Amharic, the adjective-forming suffix -awi means "pertaining to," and its feminine form is -awit; thus the name is the feminine equivalent of "Marian." The Amharic spelling is ማሪያማዊት.
Mariamawit Name History & Origins
Mariamawit belongs to the Amharic-speaking Christian tradition of Ethiopia. Its base, Mariam, entered Ethiopian languages as the name of the Virgin Mary after Christianity became the state religion of Aksum in the fourth century. In Ge'ez, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the name appears as Māryām (ማርያም), and it was adopted into Amharic. Amharic developed feminine personal names from this base by adding native endings; the extended form Mariamawit uses the Amharic feminine relational ending -awit and is the feminine form of the adjective Mariamawi ("Marian" or "of Mary"). It is used in Ethiopia and among Ethiopian communities abroad, particularly among Ethiopian Orthodox Christians.
How Popular is the Name Mariamawit?
Mariamawit 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 2019. Its best rank was #5,729 in 2019.
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 | #14,308 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #7,803 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #7,891 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #8,852 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #9,335 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #6,528 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #5,729 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #6,991 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #6,205 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #6,110 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #10,608 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #11,594 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #15,833 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #14,428 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #19,142 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #19,449 | 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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