Yes. Maria is one of the two spellings the Greek New Testament uses for Mary, the other being Mariam, and the Latin Bible uses Maria throughout. Several women in the New Testament bear the name, above all Mary the mother of Jesus. It comes from the Hebrew Miryam, the name of Moses’ sister Miriam. Are Maria and Mary the same name? Yes. English Bibles call all of these women Mary, but the Greek has two spellings, Mariam and Maria, and…

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