name
Mariama
mah-ree-AH-mah
mɑːriːˈɑːmɑːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Mariama
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Fula (West Africa)
- Meaning
- the Fula and broader West African form of Maryam, the Arabic name of Mary, mother of Jesus, who is honoured as a great holy woman in the Quran; Mariama is one of the most widespread female names across Muslim West Africa, used among Fula, Wolof, Mandinka, and many other peoples; it was made internationally famous by Mariama Bâ, the Senegalese novelist whose landmark 1979 novel So Long a Letter addressed the condition of women in Senegalese Muslim society and became a cornerstone of African feminist literature and Francophone African writing
- Gender
- female
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