Mama is an English nickname for "mother".

Mama(s) or Mamma or Momma may also refer to:

Roles

  • Mama-san, in Japan and East Asia, a woman in a position of authority

Places

Russia

  • Mama, Russia, an urban locality in Irkutsk Oblast
  • Mama Airport, serving the locality
  • Mama (river), a river in Irkutsk Oblast

Mexico

  • Mama Municipality, Yucatán

Anatomy

  • Mamma (anatomy), the breast in humans
  • Mammary gland, the milk-producing organ in female mammals
  • Udder, the mammary organ of female quadruped mammals

Art, entertainment, and media

People and fictional characters

  • Mama Fratelli, a character in the 1985 American adventure comedy The Goonies
  • Mama Maybelle Harper, a character in the American TV sitcom Gimme a Break!
  • Mamas K. Chandran (born 1981), Indian film director, known professionally as Mamas
  • Shylo Malsawmtluanga, an Indian footballer nicknamed Mama
  • Thelma Harper or "Mama", a fictional character on The Carol Burnett Show and the sitcom Mama's Family
  • Mama Thakur, fictional villain in Dilwale
  • Mama, from Tattletail

Film and television

  • Ma-ma (1976 film), a Soviet–French–Romanian musical directed by Elisabeta Bostan
  • Mamma (1982 film), a Swedish film directed by Suzanne Osten
  • Mama (1990 film), a Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan
  • Mama (2013 film), a horror film directed by Andres Muschietti, expanded from his 2008 short Mamá
  • Ma Ma (2015 film), a Spanish film directed by Julio Medem
  • Mama (2024 film), a Canadian documentary directed by Thea Loo
  • Mama (American TV series), a 1949–57 series
  • Mama (South Korean TV series), a 2014 series

Literature

  • Mamma, a 1908 novel by Rhoda Broughton
  • "Mama", a short story by Dorothy Allison in her 1988 collection Trash: Short Stories
  • Mama: Love, Motherhood and Revolution, a 2015 anthology by Antonella Gambotto-Burke
  • Momma, a syndicated comic strip

Music

Bands

  • Momma (band), an American indie rock band

Albums

  • Mama (Brenda Fassie album) or the title song, 1994
  • Mama (Nomeansno album), 1982
  • Mama (Vitas album), or the title song, 2003
  • Mama (EP) or the title song (see below), by EXO-K and EXO-M, 2012
  • Mama, an EP by Adrian Eagle, 2019

Songs

  • "Mama" (6ix9ine song), 2018
  • "Mama" (B. J. Thomas song), 1966
  • "Mama" (Clean Bandit song), 2019
  • "Mama" (Exo song), 2012
  • "Mama" (Genesis song), 1983
  • "Mama" (Jonas Blue song), 2017
  • "Mama" (My Chemical Romance song), 2006
  • "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)", by Plan B, 2006
  • "Mama" (Spice Girls song), 1997
  • "Mama (Ana Ahabak)", by Christina Stürmer, 2003
  • "Mama" (Vladimir Arzumanyan song), Armenia entry in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
  • "Mamas" (song), by Anne Wilson and Hillary Scott, 2022
  • "Mamma" (song), an Italian song, 1940
  • "Mama", by Alabama Shakes from Boys & Girls, 2012
  • "Mama", by Alma from Have U Seen Her?, 2020
  • "Mama", by Ant Wan, 2019
  • "Mama", by Beth Hart from Screamin' for My Supper, 1999
  • "Mama", by Brymo from Oṣó, 2018
  • "Mama", by BTS from Wings, 2016
  • "Mama", by Chris Brown from Exclusive, 2007
  • "Mama", by Doda from Aquaria (physical reissue edition), 2022
  • "Mama", by Electric Light Orchestra from ELO 2, 1973
  • "Mama", by Ella Eyre and Banx & Ranx, 2019
  • "Mama", by Godsmack from IV, 2006
  • "Mama", by Helen Reddy from Music, Music, 1976
  • "Mama", by Il Divo from Il Divo, 2004
  • "Mama", by the Kelly Family, 1999
  • "Mama", by Kiss Daniel from New Era, 2016
  • "Mama", by Kim Appleby from Kim Appleby, 1990
  • "Mama", by The Lonely Island from Turtleneck & Chain, 2011
  • "Mama", by Lyfe Jennings from I Still Believe, 2010
  • "Mama", by Mayorkun from The Mayor of Lagos, 2018
  • "Mama", by Oingo Boingo from Boi-ngo, 1986
  • "Mama", by the Sugarcubes from Life's Too Good, 1988
  • "Mama", by The-Dream from Love Hate, 2007
  • "Mamá", by Timbiriche from La Banda Timbiriche, 1982
  • "Mama", by Toto from Hydra, 1979
  • "Mama", by Trina from The One, 2019
  • "Mama", by Umberto Tozzi, a B-side of "Gloria", 1979
  • "Mama", by Yemi Alade from Mama Africa, 2016
  • "M.A.M.A", by Nana Mizuki from Alive & Kicking, 2004
  • "Momma", by Joyner Lucas, featuring Chris Brown, from ADHD 2, 2025

Other music

  • MAMA Records, an American record label
  • Mnet Asian Music Awards, an annual South Korean music awards show
  • MTV Africa Music Awards, a continental music awards show

Other entertainment

  • Mama (magazine), a Swedish magazine
  • Mama (1966), a stage musical by Mbongeni Ngema

Brands and enterprises

  • MAMA Festivals, a UK live-venue and event management company
  • MAMA Gallery, an art gallery in Los Angeles, California
  • MAMMA., Modernist Architects of Morocco Memorial Association
  • Murray Art Museum Albury, New South Wales, Australia
  • Museum of Modern Art of Algiers, Algeria
  • Mama, a brand of instant noodles by Thai President Foods

Computing and technology

  • Mama (software), an object-oriented programming language
  • Mamma.com, a metasearch engine operated by Copernic

Religion and mythology

  • Mammes of Caesarea or Mammas (259–275), semi-legendary child-martyr of the 3rd century
  • Mami (goddess) or Mama, a goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis
  • Ninhursag or Mamma, a Sumerian earth goddess

Other uses

  • Areca nut or momma, a stimulant drug in Asia and Oceania
  • Mamma cloud, or mammatus cloud, a type of cloud
  • Mama language, a Bantu language of Nigeria
  • Mama and papa, in linguistics, the sequences of sounds corresponding to the words for "mother" and "father"
  • Mama or sugar mama, an older partner in a transactional relationship
  • Mama (wasp), a genus of wasps in the tribe Euphorini

See also

  • Baby mama (disambiguation)
  • Big Bad Mamma, a track from the soundtrack to the 1997 film, How to Be a Player
  • La Mama (disambiguation)
  • Lil Mama (born 1989), American hip hop recording artist
  • Ma (disambiguation)
  • Mama's Family, American sitcom
  • Mamak (disambiguation)
  • Ma-Mha, a 2007 Thai film
  • Mame (disambiguation)
  • Mami (disambiguation)
  • Mamma mia (disambiguation)
  • Mamo (song), by Anastasia Prikhodko, Russia's 2009 Eurovision entry
  • Maternal insult or "yo mama joke"
  • Mom (disambiguation)
  • Mommy (disambiguation)
  • Mother (disambiguation)
  • Suga Mama (disambiguation)
  • That's My Mama, American television sitcom