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Mariam

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Mariam is an alternative transliteration of Maryam, the Aramaic, Armenian, Georgian and Arabic name for Mary, the mother of Jesus (see Mary in Islam).

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Notable people with this name

  • Mariam of Vaspurakan, first wife of King George I of Georgia and regent for her son, Bagrat IV, in the 11th century
  • Mariam Amash (1888?–2012), a claimant to the title of the oldest living person
  • Mariam Aslamazian (1907-2006), Armenian painter
  • Mariam Baouardy (1846-1878), Melkite Greek Catholic Carmelite nun canonized by Pope Francis
  • Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo (born 1952?), politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin
  • Mariam Doumbia, half of Amadou & Mariam, a musical duo from Mali
  • Mariam Fakhr Eddine (born 1933), Egyptian actress
  • Mariam Hakobyan (born 1949), Armenian sculptor
  • Mariam Hasan, Pakistani cricketer
  • Mariam Nazarian (born 1983), concert pianist and producer
  • Mariam Nour (born 1936), Lebanese television personality
  • Mariam Omar (politician), Zanzibari politician and member of the Sauti ya Umma party
  • Mariam Tsitsishvili (1768–1850), wife of George XII of Georgia
  • Mariam Usman, Nigerian weightlifter
  • Mariam Vardanian (1864-1941), Armenian political activist and revolutionary in the Russian Empire
  • Mariam Wafa, Afghan singer
  • Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542–1622), wife of Mughal Emperor Akbar
  • Mengistu Haile Mariam (born 1937), head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991

    • Fictional character

  • Mariam, protagonist of the Jacobean era play The Tragedy of Mariam

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