Maranata
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-ra-NAH-ta
- Origin
- Aramaic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Maranata is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “our Lord, come”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Maranata mean?
Aramaic: from the Aramaic phrase maranatha
“our Lord, come”
Paul uses the Aramaic phrase maranatha at the end of his first letter to the Corinthians (16:22).
Is Maranata a girl's or a boy's name?
Maranata is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maranata in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Maranata, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Maranata in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
Names like Maranata
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva, Amara, Mirha, Arabella, Eliana, Maya, Raya, Hana, Ayra, Ayla, Rosa, Ariella
Names related to Maranata
More Aramaic names
Thomas, Tommy, Martha, Barnaby, Barney, Tabitha, Tomas, Tadeo, Tom, Thaddeus, Tomos, Marta, Tommie, Tomi, Saphira, Tommaso
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maranata: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maranata, updated 20 October 2026.