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Maria name variants. The Irish variant for Maria. Meaning origin and popularity of the boys or girls name Maria plus advice on Maria and 50000 other baby names from the bestselling nameberry experts. The World Health Organization has renamed coronavirus variants using the Greek alphabet.

Maria Marie Marja Marjo Mirjam. Under the new system the variants of concern take on the following names. Maarja Mari Maria Marje Marju Mirjam.

Variants of the name Maria include Mariah. The World Health Organization revealed the new names amid criticism that those given by scientists such as the so-called South African variant which goes by multiple names. Marie the French variant was the preferred form of Mary in England until about the time of the Reformation.

There are now four COVID-19 variants of concern. Maria Marie and variant Mary is a feminine given name the English form of the name Maria which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek name Μαρία María found in the New Testament. TV journalist Maria Shriver.

A diminutive for Maria. The hitherto so-called British variant B117 becomes Alpha. The WHO hopes that this change will help combat the stigma and discrimination associated with geography-based names.

A Russian variant for Maria. Will be known as Alpha according to a statement from the WHOThis new label does not replace the variants scientific name B117. For instance WHO calls the UK variant B117 Alpha and the South African variant B1351 is Beta No country should be stigmatised for detecting and reporting variants Maria Van Kerkhove WHOs technical lead for COVID-19 response wrote in a Twitter post.