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Meaning of name Maritza

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Meaning

The name Maritza has the following meaning:

Star of the sea. Derived from Maria.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Maritza is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 495 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Maritza fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 120 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 684 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Maritza in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Maritza is pronounced as muh-reet-zuh

Origins

Maritza originates from the Spanish language.
See other suggested Spanish girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Maritza and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Maritza: Boys - Dante, Devante, Girls - Angeles, Catina, Catrina, Marisol, Mendi, Mendy, Nerita, Xiomara, Both genders - Cielo, Dolores, Guadalupe, Jade, Linda, Lynn

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Maritza: Marisa (Italian)

Style

We think the name Maritza should fall under the following style category: Traditional.

See other Traditional girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Maritza to be: Refined and graceful lady

In one word, you might describe Maritza as a(n) "graceful" person.

See other "graceful" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Maritza (or its variants) are:

Maritza Martén, born on 17 August, a famous athlete. Maritza Martén's background: A former discus thrower from Cuba who competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.

Maritza 'Ritz' Correia , born on 23 December, a famous athlete. Maritza 'Ritz' Correia 's background: The first black Puerto Rican in the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team and the first Hispanic-American to set an American swimming record.

Marisa Mell, born on 24 February, a famous actress. Marisa Mell's background: An Austrian actress who became a cult figure of 1960s Italian B-movies. She was born in Graz.
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