Mariana (given name)

Mariana is a feminine given name of Latin origin. The masculine equivalent is Marianus, which is derived from Marius. Marianus became Mariano in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

Nobles

 * Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen consort of Spain
 * Marianna Lubomirska (1693–1729), Polish noble
 * Mariana Koskull (1785–1841), Swedish noble
 * Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718–1781), Queen of Portugal
 * Infanta Mariana Francisca of Portugal (1736–1813), daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal
 * Infanta Mariana Vitória of Portugal (1768–1788), daughter of Queen Maria I of Portugal and King Peter III of Portugal

Writers

 * Mariana Codruț (born 1956), Romanian poet, writer and journalist
 * Mariana Frenk-Westheim (1898–2004), German-Mexican writer and translator
 * Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851–1931), American author
 * Mariana Starke (c. 1761–1831), English author
 * Juan de Mariana (1536–1624), Spanish Jesuit and historian

Entertainers

 * Mariana Aydar (born 1980), Brazilian singer
 * Marianna Efstratiou (born 1962), Greek singer
 * Mariana Levy (1966–2005), Mexican actress, singer, and television host
 * Mariana Molina (born 1990), Brazilian actress
 * Mariana Nicolescu (1948–2022), Romanian opera singer
 * Mariana Ochoa (born 1979), Mexican singer and actress
 * Mariana Popova (born 1978), Bulgarian singer
 * Mariana Renata (born 1983), Indonesian actress
 * Mariana Seoane (born 1976), Mexican actress, model, and singer
 * Mariana Sîrbu (died 2023), Romanian violinist
 * Mariana Todorova (born 1974), Bulgarian violinist
 * Mariana Varela (born 1996), Miss Universe Argentina 2019 and Miss Grand Argentina 2020
 * Mariana Ximenes (born 1981), Brazilian actress

Athletes

 * Mariana Avitia (born 1993), Mexican archer
 * Mariana Chirila (born 1964), Romanian distance runner
 * Mariana Constantin (born 1960), Romanian artistic gymnast
 * Mariana Díaz Oliva (born 1976), Argentinian tennis player
 * Mariana Henriques (born 1994), Angolan swimmer
 * Mariana Ohata (born 1978), Brazilian athlete
 * Mariana Pajón (born 1991), Colombian cyclist
 * Mariana Roriz (born 1980), Brazilian water polo player
 * Mariana Simeanu (born 1964), Romanian middle-distance runner
 * Mariana Simionescu (born 1956), Romanian tennis player
 * Mariana Solomon (born 1980), Romanian triple jumper

Other people

 * Mariana Becker (born early 1970s), Brazilian sports journalist and television reporter
 * Mariana Bracetti (1825–1903), leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement
 * Mariana Wright Chapman (1843-1907), American social reformer, suffragist
 * Mariana Drăgescu (1912–2013), Romanian military aviator during World War II
 * Mariana J. Kaplan, Mexican-American rheumatologist and physician-scientist
 * Marianna Knottenbelt (born 1949), Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer
 * Mariana Kotzeva (born 1967), Bulgarian statistician and econometrician
 * Mariana Loya (born 1979), American beauty queen
 * Mariana Mazzucato, born June 16, 1968) Italian economist
 * Mariana Pfaelzer (1926–2015), United States federal judge
 * Mariana de Pineda Muñoz (1804–1831), martyr of Spanish liberalism
 * Marianna Pineda (1925–1996), American sculptor
 * Mariana Wolfner, American molecular biologist and geneticist