Mariana is a feminine given name of

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origin. The masculine equivalent is '' Marianus'', which is derived from '' Marius''. ''Marianus'' became ''Mariano'' in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.Hanks, Patrick, et al. (2002). ''The Oxford Names Companion''. Oxford: Oxford University Press; p. 819

Nobles

* Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen consort of Spain * Marianna Lubomirska (1693–1729), Polish noble * Mariana Koskull (1785–1841), Swedish noble *

Mariana Victoria of Spain Mariana Victoria of Spain (; 31 March 1718 – 15 January 1781) was an ''Infante, Infanta of Spain'' by birth and was later the List of Portuguese consorts, Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Joseph I of Portugal, Joseph I. She acted as rege ...

(1718–1781), Queen of Portugal * Infanta Mariana Francisca of Portugal (1736–1813), daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal * Infanta Mariana Vitória of Portugal (1768–1788), daughter of Queen Maria I of Portugal and King Peter III of Portugal

Writers

* Mariana Codruț (born 1956), Romanian poet, writer and journalist * Mariana Frenk-Westheim (1898–2004), German-Mexican writer and translator * Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851–1931), American author * Mariana Starke (c. 1761–1831), English author *

Juan de Mariana Juan de Mariana (2 April 1536 – 17 February 1624), was a Spanish Jesuit priest, Scholastic, historian, and member of the Monarchomachs. Life Juan de Mariana was born in Talavera, Kingdom of Toledo. He studied at the Complutense University ...

(1536–1624), Spanish Jesuit and historian

Entertainers

* Mariana Aydar (born 1980), Brazilian singer * Mariana Čengel Solčanská (born 1978), Slovak director * Mariana Cordero, Spanish actress * Marianna Efstratiou (born 1962), Greek singer * Mariana Levy (1966–2005), Mexican actress, singer, and television host * Mariana Molina (born 1990), Brazilian actress * Mariana Nicolescu (1948–2022), Romanian opera singer * Mariana Ochoa (born 1979), Mexican singer and actress * Mariana Popova (born 1978), Bulgarian singer * Mariana Renata (born 1983), Indonesian actress *

Mariana Seoane Mariana Seoane (born Mariana Alejandra Seoane García on June 10, 1976, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, model and singer. Biography Seoane was born June 10, 1976, from an Argentinian mother and a Cuban-Mexican father, Seoane demo ...

(born 1976), Mexican actress, model, and singer *

Mariana Sîrbu Mariana Sîrbu (1948 or 1949 – 1 August 2023), also credited as Sârbu, was a Romanian classical violinist and academic teacher, who made an international career performing and recording. She was focused on chamber music, founding the Academic ...

(died 2023), Romanian violinist * Mariana Todorova (born 1974), Bulgarian violinist * Mariana Varela (born 1996), Miss Universe Argentina 2019 and Miss Grand Argentina 2020 * Mariana Ximenes (born 1981), Brazilian actress

Athletes

* Mariana Avitia (born 1993), Mexican archer * Mariana Chirila (born 1964), Romanian distance runner * Mariana Constantin (born 1960), Romanian artistic gymnast * Mariana Díaz Oliva (born 1976), Argentinian tennis player * Mariana Henriques (born 1994), Angolan swimmer * Mariana Ohata (born 1978), Brazilian athlete * Mariana Pajón (born 1991), Colombian cyclist * Mariana Roriz (born 1980), Brazilian water polo player * Mariana Simeanu (born 1964), Romanian middle-distance runner * Mariana Simionescu (born 1956), Romanian tennis player * Mariana Solomon (born 1980), Romanian triple jumper * Mariana Zúñiga (born 2002), Chilean Paralympic archer

Other people

* Mariana Becker (born early 1970s), Brazilian sports journalist and television reporter * Mariana Bracetti (1825–1903), leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement *

Mariana Wright Chapman Mariana Wright Chapman (March 14, 1843 – November 9, 1907) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist. Her most active work was in the direction of prison reform and equal rights for women. Chapman was well-known through her wor ...

(1843-1907), American social reformer, suffragist * Mariana Drăgescu (1912–2013), Romanian military aviator during World War II * Mariana J. Kaplan, Mexican-American rheumatologist and physician-scientist * Marianna Knottenbelt (born 1949), Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer *

Mariana Kotzeva Mariana Mihaylova Kotzeva (, born 12 March 1967) is a Bulgarian statistician and econometrics, econometrician. Since the beginning of 2017 she has been the acting director-general of Eurostat, the directorate-general of the European Commission re ...

(born 1967), Bulgarian statistician and econometrician * Mariana Loya (born 1979), American beauty queen *

Mariana Mazzucato Mariana Francesca Mazzucato (born June 16, 1968) is an Italian–American-British economist and academic. She is a professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL) and founding director of the UCL Inst ...

, born June 16, 1968) Italian economist * Mariana Pfaelzer (1926–2015), United States federal judge * Mariana de Pineda Muñoz (1804–1831), martyr of Spanish liberalism *

Marianna Pineda Marianna Pineda (née Marianna Packard; 1925–1996) was an American sculptor, who worked in a stylized realist tradition. The female figure was typically her subject matter, often in a striking or expressive pose. Major work included an eight ...

(1925–1996), American sculptor * Mariana Wolfner, American molecular biologist and geneticist

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