Maris may refer to:

Personal names

Māris (name) Māris is a Latvian language, Latvian masculine given name, a cognate of the English Maurice (name), Maurice and may refer to: *Māris Ārbergs (born 1962), Latvian politician *Māris Bogdanovičs (born 1991), Latvian cyclist *Māris Bičevskis (b ...

, a Latvian masculine given name, including a list of people with the name *

Maris (given name) Maris is a unisex given name of Latin origin meaning "of the sea". It is derived from the phrase Stella Maris ("star of the sea"), an epithet for the Virgin Mary. Maris is used as a masculine name in Latvia, a unisex name in Germany and more often ...

, including a list of people and mythical or fictional characters *

Maris (surname) Maris is a surname with many origins. In Britain, the name (including ''De Maris'') may be of Old French origin (see Marais (surname)) Both the Greek and Dutch surnames can be matronymics from "Maria".Maris the Great, a promotional performance artist based in Denver, Colorado

Places

* al-Maris in medieval Nubia * El Maris, Egypt *

Maris Nunatak Maris Nunatak () is a small coastal nunatak in Antarctica, east-northeast of Whisnant Nunatak at the junction of Rogers Glacier and the east side of the Amery Ice Shelf. It was delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy ...

, a small coastal nunatak in Antarctica *

Via Maris Via Maris is one modern name for an ancient trade route, dating from the early Bronze Age, linking Egypt with the northern empires of Syria, Anatolia and Mesopotamia — along the Mediterranean coast of modern-day Egypt, Israel, Turkey and Syr ...

, a trade route dating from the early Bronze Age, linking Egypt with Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria * Maris, the Latin name of the

Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mureș (river) in Romania and Hungary (''Maros'') * Mureș culture, a Bronze Age culture from Romania See also * Târgu Mureș, the capital of Mureș County * Ocna Mureș Ocna Mureș (; la, Sali ...

, as mentioned by Herodotus in 484 BC

Mythology

Maris (mythology) Maris (or Mariś) was an Etruscan god often depicted as an infant or child and given many epithets, including ''Mariś Halna'', ''Mariś Husrnana'' ("Maris the Child"), and ''Mariś Isminthians''. He was the son of Hercle, the Etruscan equivale ...

, an Etruscan god of agriculture

Other uses

* the

Mari people The Mari ( chm, мари; russian: марийцы, mariytsy) are a Finnic people, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia. Almost half of Maris today live in the Mari El republic, with significant populations in ...

* MARIS Maritime Archeological Research Institute at

Södertörn University Södertörn University ( sv, Södertörns högskola, abbreviated as SH) is a public university college ( sv, högskola) located in Flemingsberg in Huddinge Municipality, and the larger area called Södertörn, in Stockholm County, Sweden. In 2 ...

, Sweden * the planet

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin at ...