Mariamawit
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-yam-AH-wit
- Origin
- Amharic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Mariamawit is a girls' name of Amharic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Mariamawit mean?
Amharic: Ethiopian name built on Mariam (Mary)
Ethiopian name honouring Mariam, the Virgin Mary, who is deeply venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Is Mariamawit a girl's or a boy's name?
Mariamawit is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mariamawit in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Mariamawit, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Mariamawit in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
How popular is Mariamawit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Mariamawit, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had fewer girls named Mariamawit than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Mariamawit in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mariamawit in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
Names like Mariamawit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dua Maeva Esme Aria Arabella Croia Primrose Pippa Margot Alaia Alora Liyana
More Amharic names
Amare Aryam Gelila Mahelet Nolawi Haset Tafari Bruk Leul Naod Kidus Melat Haile Menelik Nuhamin Meklit
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Mariamawit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mariamawit, updated 20 October 2026.