Name info: About the name Marija in particular | In original script: | Мария As large picture |
Gender: | female |
Languages of use: | Slovenian, Russian |
Diminutives: | Manca, Mariyka, Masa, Mascha, Mija, Monja |
US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
Similarly written: | Maija, Maria, María, Mária, Marica, Marida, Marijan, Marijn, Marijo, Marika Details |
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Group info: About Mary, the group of names with the same origin as Marija | Meaning/translation: | maybe bitterness |
Language of origin: | Hebrew |
Info about origin: | as the name of Mary, the mother of Jesus, a symbol for pure and deep love |
| the meaning of the name is disputed; maybe it means bitterness |
| another possibility is an Egyptian origin with the name derived from mry (beloved) |
| Maria is the Greek/Latin original form, Mirjam the older Aramaic/Hebrew form |
| probably the most often used Christian female name |
Words: | mirjam = the bitterness Aramaic |
| mry = the beloved Egyptian |
Topics: | Old Testament |
Variants' top ranks: | 1:Maria Germany 1998, 1:María Madrid 1998, 1:Marie Germany 2022, 1:Mary England+Wales 1914, 1:Marija Macedonia 2011, 1:Mariana Colombia 2011, 1:Mia Germany First 2015, 1:Maryam India 2020, 1:Mária Hungary 2014, 1:Mía Puerto Rico 2014 |
Somehow related to: | Mariano/Mariana, Marielena, Marlene |
Old/original forms: | Maria Latin, Mariam Old Greek, Mariamne Hebrew, Mirjam Aramaic |
Name variants: | Maaike, Maï, Maija, Maika, Maike, Maiken, Máire, Mairi, Máirín, Majken, Maleah, Malia, Maliah, Mamie, Manca, Manja, Manon, Mara, Maraike, Marei, Mareika, Mareike, Mareile, Mari, Mari, Maria, María, Mária, Mariah, Mariam, Mariam, Mariam, Mariami, Marian, Mariana, Mariane, Marica, Marie, Marieke, Mariel, Mariela, Mariele, Mariell, Mariella, Marielle, Marietta, Mariette, Marija, Marijke, Marika, Marike, Marilyn, Mariola, Marion, Mariona, Marisa, Marishka, Mariska, Marissa, Marita, Maritta, Maritza, Mariya, Mariya, Mariyah, Mariyka, Marja, Marja, Marjatta, Marjet, Marusa, Marusha, Marushka, Mary, Marya, Maryam, Masa, Mascha, Masha, Maureen, May, Meeri, Meike, Meriem, Merjem, Mery, Meryem, Mhairi, Mia, Mía, Miah, Mie, Mieke, Mija, Mimi, Mimmi, Minnie, Miriam, Mirijam, Mirja, Mirjam, Miya, Moira, Mollie, Molly, Monja, Moyra, Myah, Myriam, Myrjam, Polly, Ria, Riana Sortable list Details |
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