Maiara
Usually read as "lady of fortune", from Tupi mbaé, "wealth, riches", and îara, "lady, mistress", though some connect it instead to a word for "grandmother".
Meaning and origin
Maiara is a Tupi-rooted name that spread through Brazil alongside Jacira and Juraci as part of a broader nineteenth- and twentieth-century fashion for indigenous-sounding names.
How to pronounce Maiara
| Portuguese (Brazil) | my-AH-rah /majˈaɾɐ/ |
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