Maresa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-REE-suh
- Origin
- Latin
Maresa is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the sea”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Maresa mean?
Latin: variant of Marisa, from Latin maris 'of the sea'
“of the sea”
Variant of Marisa; the name is often linked to the Latin maris, 'of the sea', or seen as Maria + Luisa.
Is Maresa a girl's or a boy's name?
Maresa is a girls' name.
How popular is Maresa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Maresa in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maresa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
Names like Maresa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marissa, Amanda, Marisol, Montserrat, Mariana, Victoria, Serena, Maria, Lucero, Ariana, Marina, Miranda
Names related to Maresa
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maresa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maresa, updated 20 October 2026.