Name Mara

Origins and translations for the name Mara:

1. Diminutive form of the name Mary - "Theotokos; our lady (Mother of God)". Or diminutive form of the Greek name Margaret - "pearl" .

2. Comes from the Latin word mare denotation - "sea", cognate with the name Marina.

3. Cognate with the Irish name Meara - "merry".

4. Deity named Mara is also known in Buddhist mythology. This Mara wanted to prevent Siddhartha Gautama become Buddha, but did not commit this crime for the night and in the morning he was powerless.

5. Derived from Old Slavic word мор [mor] - "death, destruction", the spirit of death. English - nightmare.The evil spirit Mara is known in Western Europe people. In Polish fairy tales Mara is the feminine spirit of death. In medieval «Mater verboruna» Czech Moran identified with the Greek Hecate - the goddess of darkness, night visions and witchcraft, hunting at night among the graves

6. East Slavic (Belarusian Мара) name means - "dream".