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Maro

Male#514 most common in Croatia1,083 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Of the sea (Dalmatian form related to Marin)
Origin:
Latin

About the name Maro

A Dalmatian form related to Marin, from Latin 'of the sea'. Traditional in Dubrovnik and the southern coast.

Popularity with newborns

  • Boys · 2025 · 103 births · #43 that year
Position on the annual list
Maro — Position on the annual list#40#42#44#45#47#49202020212022202320242025

Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.

People with this name in Croatia

1,083 people in Croatia are called Maro, according to the 2021 census. That is #514 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Maro is recorded in 12 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Dubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

CroatianCoastalRare

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.