A Nursery Rhyme for Maria
A free, original lullaby written just for the name Maria — ready to read tonight or turn into a keepsake poster.
Stars for Maria
The silver moon begins to glow
And paints a path on fields below,
While little stars like candlelight
Are twinkling softly through the night.
Maria feels the quiet beam
That wraps the world in gentle cream,
The sky has hung its lanterns high
To watch the sleepy earth go by.
A star for every wish we keep
Now shimmers while the shadows sleep,
And one by one they softly gleam
To guard Maria's peaceful dream.
Written for Maria
A sample anyone can read. A keepsake poster gets a newly written rhyme.
Make it a keepsake Maria will have forever
We write Maria a new rhyme of their own in about a minute, then you pick the background and add a note for a print-ready 8×10 poster — a baby shower or new-baby gift.
Write Maria's Own Rhyme — posters from $14.99Reading the rhyme is free · see what $14.99 includes
What does the name Maria mean?
Origin — Hebrew, via Latin
The Latin form of the Hebrew Miryam, the name of Moses’ sister and of the mother of Jesus.
Where sources disagree: The meaning has never been established. Proposals include “bitter”, “beloved”, “rebellious” and an Egyptian root meaning “beloved”; the medieval Latin gloss stella maris, “star of the sea”, arose from a copying error and is not an etymology.
We follow the standard reference works on given names, and we say so plainly when a meaning is unsettled rather than choosing the prettiest one.