Mariamma
Origin
Malayalam
Syllables
4
Peak era
1970s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
“Mary (Syriac Mariam, of debated meaning) with the Malayalam suffix amma, mother; the signature grandmother-generation form of the Syrian Christian community, and among US Malayali families today it most often appears as a middle name honoring an ammachi, a grandmother”
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1970s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Mariamma peaked in the 1970s.
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