Marama
Marama is a girl name of Maori origin, meaning The moon; light.
What Marama means
The moon; light.
Marama sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Marama comes from
Māori names are drawn from te reo Māori and often reference the natural world, ancestry, or an event connected to the child's arrival.
Marama is recorded as Maori in origin. Browse other Maori names.
How popular is Marama?
Marama does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Marama
Two ideas meet in Marama: Moon and light and brightness. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Marama
These share Marama's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Mei — Sprout; bright.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Chiara — Bright, clear, light.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Eleanor — Shining light.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Hina — Sun, light.
- Layla — Night; dark beauty.
- Lena — Light, shining; torch.
- Lucia — Light.
More Maori names
- Ariki — Chief; a high-born leader.