Maris may refer to:

Personal names

Māris (name) Māris is a Latvian masculine given name, a cognate of the English Maurice and may refer to: * Māris Ārbergs (born 1962), Latvian politician * Māris Bogdanovičs (born 1991), Latvian cyclist * Māris Bičevskis (born 1991), Latvian ice hockey ...

, a Latvian masculine given name, including a list of people with the name *

Maris (given name) Maris is a unisex given name of Latin origin meaning "of the sea". It is derived from the phrase Stella Maris ("star of the sea"), an epithet for the Virgin Mary. Maris is used as a masculine name in Latvia, a unisex name in Germany and more often ...

, including a list of people and mythical or fictional characters * Maris (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters *

Maris the Great Maris the Great is a promotional performance artist based in Denver, Colorado, and "undead" frontman for the punk rock band, Maris the Great and the Faggots of Death. He promotes bands through interviews on his website, MarisTheGreat.com. The int ...

, a promotional performance artist based in Denver, Colorado

Places

* al-Maris in medieval Nubia * El Maris, Egypt * Maris Nunatak, a small coastal nunatak in Antarctica *

Via Maris Via Maris is one modern name for an ancient trade route, dating from the early Bronze Age, linking Egypt with the northern empires of Syria, Anatolia and Mesopotamia — along the Mediterranean coast of modern-day Egypt, Israel, Turkey and Syr ...

, a trade route dating from the early Bronze Age, linking Egypt with Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria * Maris, the Latin name of the

Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mureș (river) in Romania and Hungary (''Maros'') * Mureș culture, a Bronze Age culture from Romania See also * Târgu Mureș, the capital of Mureș County * Ocna Mureș Ocna Mureș (; la, Salina ...

, as mentioned by Herodotus in 484 BC

Mythology

Maris (mythology) Maris (or Mariś) was an Etruscan god often depicted as an infant or child and given many epithets, including ''Mariś Halna'', ''Mariś Husrnana'' ("Maris the Child"), and ''Mariś Isminthians''. He was the son of Hercle, the Etruscan equivalent ...

, an Etruscan god of agriculture

Other uses

* the

Mari people The Mari ( chm, мари; russian: марийцы, mariytsy) are a Finnic people, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia. Almost half of Maris today live in the Mari El republic, with significant populations in the ...

* MARIS Maritime Archeological Research Institute at

Södertörn University Södertörn University ( sv, Södertörns högskola, abbreviated as SH) is a public university college ( sv, högskola) located in Flemingsberg in Huddinge Municipality, and the larger area called Södertörn, in Stockholm County, Sweden. In 20 ...

, Sweden * the planet

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...