Mariana (given name)
{{Infobox given name2
| name = Mariana
| image =Rainha Dona Mariana Vitória.jpg
| caption =Mariana Victoria of Spain
| pronunciation = má-ree-á-na / má-di-á-na
| gender = Female
| language = Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
| meaning = Daughter of Marius
| region = Romance-speaking Europe
| related names = Marianne, {{Interlanguage link|Marianna (given name)|lt=Marianna|qid=Q18141405}}, Marian (Czech; Slovak), Mariano (male variant), Mary Anne
| see also = Maria
}}
Mariana is a feminine given name of Latin origin. The masculine equivalent is Marianus, which is derived from Marius. Marianus became Mariano in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.Hanks, Patrick, et al. (2002). The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press; p. 819
Nobles
- Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen consort of Spain
- Marianna Lubomirska (1693–1729), Polish noble
- 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 Codruț (born 1956), Romanian poet, writer and journalist
- 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 Aydar (born 1980), Brazilian singer
- Mariana Čengel Solčanská (born 1978), Slovak director
- Mariana Cordero, Spanish actress
- Marianna Efstratiou (born 1962), Greek singer
- Mariana Levy (1966–2005), Mexican actress, singer, and television host
- Mariana Molina (born 1990), Brazilian actress
- Mariana Nicolescu (1948–2022), 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 Sîrbu (died 2023), Romanian violinist
- Mariana Todorova (born 1974), Bulgarian violinist
- Mariana Varela (born 1996), Miss Universe Argentina 2019 and Miss Grand Argentina 2020
- Mariana Ximenes (born 1981), Brazilian actress
Athletes
- Mariana Avitia (born 1993), Mexican archer
- Mariana Chirila (born 1964), Romanian distance runner
- Mariana Constantin (born 1960), Romanian artistic gymnast
- Mariana Díaz Oliva (born 1976), Argentinian tennis player
- Mariana Henriques (born 1994), Angolan swimmer
- Mariana Ohata (born 1978), Brazilian athlete
- Mariana Pajón (born 1991), Colombian cyclist
- Mariana Roriz (born 1980), Brazilian water polo player
- Mariana Simeanu (born 1964), Romanian middle-distance runner
- Mariana Simionescu (born 1956), Romanian tennis player
- Mariana Solomon (born 1980), Romanian triple jumper
- Mariana Zúñiga (born 2002), Chilean Paralympic archer
Other people
- Mariana Becker (born early 1970s), Brazilian sports journalist and television reporter
- Mariana Bracetti (1825–1903), leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement
- Mariana Wright Chapman (1843-1907), American social reformer, suffragist
- Mariana Drăgescu (1912–2013), Romanian military aviator during World War II
- Mariana J. Kaplan, Mexican-American rheumatologist and physician-scientist
- Marianna Knottenbelt (born 1949), Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer
- Mariana Kotzeva (born 1967), Bulgarian statistician and econometrician
- Mariana Loya (born 1979), American beauty queen
- Mariana Mazzucato, born June 16, 1968) Italian economist
- Mariana Pfaelzer (1926–2015), United States federal judge
- Mariana de Pineda Muñoz (1804–1831), martyr of Spanish liberalism
- Marianna Pineda (1925–1996), American sculptor
- Mariana Wolfner, American molecular biologist and geneticist
See also
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