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[Opinions] Re: First babies of 2025
Mariya is Ukrainian or Russian spelling of Maria. I suppose it could also be a modern kre8tiv English spelling, though.

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Mariya’s parents’ names and surnames were Arabic :)
Then maybe she is named after an Islamic figure with a name similar to Maria (like Māriyyah al-Qibṭiyyah) or they wanted to name her an anglophone name and spelled it with a y because it made more sense to them (or just because they wanted to).