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Maritza is a name of Spanish origin and may refer to: Maritza Correia (born 1981), Puerto Rican swimmer; Maritza Olivares, Mexican actress; Maritza Rodríguez, Colombian actress; Maritza Salas (born 1975), Puerto Rican track and field athlete; Maritza Sayalero (born 1961), Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.
Marissa is a feminine given name typically used in Western culture. It is a variation of Maris, which is Latin for 'of the sea'. [1] It can also be spelled Marrisa, Merissa or Marisa. Marissa also means "little Mary" referring to the Virgin Mary.
An alethonym ('true name') or an orthonym ('real name') is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study. Scholars studying onomastics are called onomasticians. Onomastics has applications in data mining, with applications such as named-entity recognition, or recognition of the origin of names.
Marisa is a feminine given name.Like the given name Marissa, the name is derived from the Latin maris, meaning "of the sea". [1] The name is also a Spanish, Portuguese or Italian contracted familiar nickname for Maria Isabel (Mary Elizabeth) or Maria Luisa (Mary Louise, 'Mary-Lou').
Marcia (/ ˈ m ɑːr s i ə, ˈ m ɑːr ʃ ə /) is a female given name of Italian origin, [1] derived from Latin meaning "dedicated to Mars". It is a female form of Marcius. Marcy/Marcie is a short form. Notable people and characters with this name include:
The Annunciation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1850.. Maria was a frequently given name in southern Europe even in the medieval period. In addition to the simple name, there arose a tradition of naming girls after specific titles of Mary, feast days associated with Mary and specific Marian apparitions (such as María de los Dolores, María del Pilar, María del Carmen etc., whence the derived ...
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.