Mar

Mar is a Spanish and Catalan feminine name derived from the word for sea, ultimately tracing back to Latin mare. It arose as a short form of names invoking the Virgin Mary under maritime titles, most notably María del Mar, a popular Marian devotional epithet along the Mediterranean coast. The name remains especially common in Catalonia and Valencia, where veneration of the Mare de Déu del Mar, Our Lady of the Sea, runs deep. Related forms include María, Mare, and the compound María del Mar.