Mariana (name)

Mariana is a feminine given name of Latin origin, it comes from Maria + Ana = Mariana. The masculine equivalent is Marian which is derived from Mariana. Marian became Mariano in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.^[1]

Nobles

• Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen consort of Spain
• 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 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 Efstratiou (born 1962), Greek singer
• Mariana Levy (1966–2005), Mexican actress, singer, and television host
• Mariana Nicolescu (born 1948), 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 Ximenes (born 1981), Brazilian actress

Athletes

• Mariana Avitia (born 1993), Mexican archer
• Mariana Díaz-Oliva (born 1976), Argentinian tennis player
• Mariana Ohata (born 1978), Brazilian athlete
• Mariana Pajón (born 1991), Colombian cyclist
• Mariana Roriz (born 1980), Brazilian water polo player
• Marijana Šurković (born 1984), Croatian freestyle swimmer

Other people

• Mariana Bracetti (1825–1903), leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement
• Mariana Loya (born 1979), American beauty queen
• Mariana Molina (born 1990), Brazilian actress
• Mariana Pfaelzer (born 1926), United States federal judge
• Mariana de Pineda (1804–1831), martyr of Spanish liberalism
• Marianna Pineda (1925–1996), American sculptor

References