Marija

Marija is a feminine given name, a variation of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek names Μαριαμ, or Mariam, and Μαρια, or Maria, found in the New Testament. It is a name predominantly in Croatia, Lithuanian, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, among others. Depending on phonological rules concerning consecutive vowels or the use of the palatal approximant, “Mary” in these languages is Marija if consecutive vowels are disallowed and otherwise Maria. Marija is the most common female name in Croatia. The male equivalents are Marijan, Marijo, Mario.
The name may refer to:
Marija Bankauskaitė, Lithuanian ceramics artist
Marija Bērziņa, Latvian actress
Marija Bursać, Bosnian Serb Yugoslav resistance fighter
Marija Ćirović, Montenegrin model
Marija Dūdienė, Lithuanian painter
Marija Gimbutas, Lithuanian-American archaeologist
Marija Gluvakov, Serbian pianist
Marija Jovanović, Montenegrin handball player
Marija Jurić Zagorka, Croatian writer
Marija Karan, Serbian actress
Marija Kessler, Slovenian salonist
Marija Lastauskienė, Lithuanian writer
Marija Leiko, Latvian actress
Marija Lucija Stupica, Slovenian writer
Marija Lugarić, Croatian politician
Marija Makarovič, Slovene ethnologist
Marija Mačiulienė, Lithuanian painter
Marija Mirković, Serbian-Australian tennis player
Marija Naumova, Latvian singer
Marija Nikolova, Macedonian singer
Marija Mitrović, Serbian singer
Marija Obrenović, Moldavian and Romanian aristocrat
Marija Omaljev-Grbić, Croatian actress
Marija Pečkauskaitė, Lithuanian writer
Marija Petković, Croatian nun
Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
Marija Šestak, Slovenian triple jumper
Marija Šestić, Bosnian Serb singer
Marija Škaričić, Croatian actress
Marija Trmčić, Serbian skier
Marija Ugrica, Serbian singer
Marija Ujević-Galetović, Croatian sculptor
Marija Vojskovič, Slovene writer
Marija Vujović, Montenegrin model
Marija Vukčević, Montenegrin football player
Princess Marija of Yugoslavia, the only child of Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia and Ljiljana Licanin
Marija may also refer to:
USS Marija (SP-413), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1922
Marija (film), a 2016 Swiss-German film

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Form of Maria: sea of bitterness, sea of sorrow.

Mariah, Mariya, Mariam, Marian, Moira, Molly, Miriam, Minnie, Muire, Myriam, Amira, Mae, Maryam, Marie, Mayra, Maria

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Marija Šerifović	1984	Singer, winner in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
2	Marija Gimbutas	1921	Lithuanian-American archaeologist
3	Marija Karan	1982	Serbian actress
4	Marija Kilibarda
5	Marija Naumova	1973	Latvian singer
6	Marija Vujović	1985	Montenegrin model
7	Marija Jurić Zagorka	1873	Croatian journalist, novelist, dramatist
8	Mariya Ulitina	1991	Badminton player
9	Marija Bursać	1921	First woman proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia
10	Marija Šestić	1987	Bosnian singer
11	Marija Obrenović	1835	Romanian noble
12	Marija Kurtes	1986	German association football referee
13	Marija Miholjek
14	Fazil Marija	1985	Sri Lankan rugby union player
15	Marija Leiko	1887	Latvian actress
16	Marija Pikić
17	Marija Omaljev-Grbić	1982	Actress
18	Marija Petković	1892	Founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy
19	Marija Banušić	1995	Association football player
20	Marija Šestak	1979	Athletics competitor
21	Marija Kobić
22	Marija Lucija Stupica	1950	Children's book illustrator
23	Marija Škaričić	1977	Croatian actress
24	Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė	1944	Lithuanian politician
25	Maria Crocifissa Cosulich	1852	Italian-born Roman Cathoic nun and founder of the Croatian order of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
26	Marija Ujević-Galetović	1933	Croatian sculptor
27	Marija Vuković	1992	Montenegrin athlete specializing in the high jump
28	Marija Ahačič Pollak	1937
29	Marija Radić
30	Marija Frantar	1956
31	Marija Vrsaljko	1989	Croatian basketball player
32	Marija Petrović	1994
33	Marija Mirkovic	1990	Australian tennis player
34	Marija Gluvakov	1973	Serbian musician
35	Marija Radojičić	1992	Serbian football player
36	Marija Nikolova		Macedonian singer
37	Marija Kohn	1934	Croatian actress
38	Marija Ugrica	1995	Serbian singer
39	Marija Lojpur	1983	Serbian handball player
40	Marija Shteriova	1991	Macedonian handball player
41	Marija Štremfelj	1957	Slovene mountaineer and sport climber
42	Marija Vera	1881
43	Marija Mačiulienė	1929	Lithuanian artist
44	Marija Geml
45	Marija Anzulović	1968	Croatian volleyball player
46	Marija Ilić	1993	Serbian association football player
47	Marija Ćirović	1989	Montenegrin beauty queen
48	Marija Vukčević	1986	Footballer
49	Marija Rasteikaitė	1930
50	Marija Vrajić	1976	Croatian female distance runner
51	Marija Pejčinović Burić	1963	Politician of Croatia
52	Marija Knežević	1963	Serbian writer
53	Marija Cvirkienė	1912
54	Marija Tonković	1959	Olympic medalist in basketball
55	Marija Veger	1947	Serbian basketball player
56	Marija Lastauskienė	1872	Lithuanian writer
57	Marija Stanonik	1947
58	Marija Radosavljević	1927	Yugoslav shot putter
59	Marija Kessler	1860	Slovene socialite
60	Marija Tadić
61	Marija Crnobori	1918
62	Marija Gudonienė	1954
63	Marija Čudina
64	Marija Ušić	1992	Croatian volleyball player
65	Marija Borissowna Strelenko	1976	Russian biathlete
66	Marija Šimanska	1922
67	Marija Lugarić	1978	Croatian politician
68	Marija Vučinović
69	Marija Perović
70	Marija Vojskovič	1915	Juvenile fiction writer
71	Marija Bankauskaitė	1933	Lithuanian artist
72	Marija Čolić	1990	Serbian handball player
73	Marija Matušakaitė	1924
74	Marija Danira
75	Marija Uzelac	1958	Serbian Basketball player
76	Marija Trmčić	1986	Serbian alpine skier
77	Marija Erić	1983	Basketball player
78	Marija Šlander	1911	Slovene partisan and politician
79	Marija Kolaroska	1997	Macedonian cross-country skier
80	Marija Makarovič	1930	Ethnologist
81	Marija Ladigaitė-Vildžiūnienė	1931
82	Marija Auersperg	1937
83	Marija Dūdienė	1927	Lithuanian artist
84	Marija Lukačič	1949
85	Marija Obradović	1992	Serbian handball player
86	Marija Peakić-Mikuljan
87	Marija Kaznačenko	1993	Biathlete
88	Marija Sklad-Sauer	1935	Austrian singer
89	Marija Katiliūtė	1930
90	Marija Aleksić	1923
91	Marija Senica	1970	Serbian synchronized swimmers
92	Maria Badulina	1988
93	Marija Rudienė	1914
94	Marija Butuk	1993
95	Mariya Prokopyeva	1986	Russian beach volleyball player
96	Marija Borić
97	Marija Pirjevec	1941	Italian writer
98	Marija Babović
99	Marija Natkevičaitė-Ivanauskienė	1905
100	Marija Rūta Babarskienė	1946
101	Mariya Guschina	1989	Russian cross-country skier
102	Marija Tiškevičiūtė	1871
103	Marija Vogrič	1932
104	Marija Mitrović	1941
105	Maria Elimovna Meshcherskaya	1844
106	Marija Žmuidzinavičienė	1877
107	Marija Lovrić
108	Marija Ilc	1916	Slovene nun and author of cook book
109	Marija Papudjieva	1977	Macedonian handball player
110	Marija Pucarević	1990	Serbian volleyball player
111	Marija Lipčienė	1898
112	Marija Aleškevičiūtė
113	Marija Jelić	1987
114	Marija Vogelnik	1914	Dancer (1914-2008)
115	Marija Prelog	1954	Slovene painter, illustrator and designer
116	Marija Đurić	1977
117	Marija Rudzinskaitė-Arcimavičienė	1885
118	Marija Marović	1983
119	Marija Černiauskaitė	1931
120	Marija Juozapaitytė	1912
121	Marija Kmet	1891
122	Marija Milović	1989
123	Marija Mićović	1982	Serbian basketball player
124	Marija Javoršek	1939	Translator and lexicographer
125	Marija Ivković Ivandekić
126	Marija Mašiotaitė-Urbšienė	1895
127	Marija Jovanović	1959	Serbian writer
128	Marija Rekst	1956
129	Maria Petrovna Lilina	1866
130	Mariya Kosinova	1984	Russian biathlete
131	Mariya Ionova	1978	Ukrainian politician
132	Marija Jurgelevičienė	1948
133	Marija Manolowa	1963	Bulgarian biathlete
134	Marija Biržiškaitė	1908
135	Marija Janežič	1920
136	Marija Dičpetrytė	1933
137	Marija Janc	1956	Slovene economist
138	Marija Burinskienė	1954
139	Marija Murnik Horak	1845
140	Marija Novak
141	Marija Belošević	1965
142	Marija Mercina	1948
143	Marija Zupančič-Vičar		Slovenian environmentalist
144	Marija Baltrėnienė	1941
145	Marija Mazun	1924
146	Marija Madžarević	1988	Serbian karateka
147	Marija Tautkuvienė-Piliutytė	1939
148	Marija Markeš
149	Marija Krpan
150	Marija Daugirdienė	1947
151	Marija Vodnjov
152	Marija Danutė Jukniūtė	1943
153	Marija Kosec	1947	Slovene chemist (1947-2012)
154	Marija Wakounig	1959
155	Marija Barbarić-Fanuko
156	Marija Bitenc Samec	1932
157	Marija Prša	1989	Croatian volleyball player
158	Marija Čepinskienė	1946
159	Marija Kobi	1929	Slovene costume designer (1929-2010)
160	Marija Ancila Bubalo
161	Marija Švajncer	1949
162	Marija Bajt
163	Marija Čirienė	1951
164	Marija Šerienė	1955	Lithuanian politician
165	Marija Eidukevičienė	1946
166	Marija Kajackaitė	1919
167	Marija Vratarić	1939	Croatian agronomist
168	Marija Sotowa	1984	Russian ski jumper
169	Marija Kruopienė
170	Marija Petrovikj	1987	Macedonian volleyball player
171	Marija Bakšienė	1954
172	Marija Kartanaitė	1932
173	Marija Barkauskaitė	1942	Lithuanian university teacher
174	Marija Červinskaitė-Pauliukonienė	1909
175	Marija Fabković
176	Marija Tomšić-Im	1870
177	Marija Medinska-Valdemāre	1830	Russian writer (1830-1888)
178	Marija Krejči	1880
179	Marija Andžāne	1909	Latvian poet (1909-1988)
180	Melnupju Marija	1870	Latvian poet (1870-1927)
181	Marija Bernarda-Venskutė	1902
182	Marija Sasnauskienė	1920
183	Marija Mojca Pungerčar	1964	Slovene visual artist
184	Marija Kon	1894	Yugoslav germanist
185	Marija Wirgler	1879
186	Marija Lompar	1915
187	Marija Ulbienė	1955
188	Marija Baranauskienė	1918
189	Marija Klimaševska	1972
190	Marija Jaramazović
191	Marija Kozar Mukič	1952	Slovene writer and ethnologist
192	Marija Alytienė	1886
193	Marija Puč	1964
194	Marija Liudvika Drazdauskienė	1944
195	Maria Atanassowa	1926	Bulgarian pilot
196	Marija Vučenović	1993
197	Marija Ana Tisovic	1942
198	Marija Šeremešić
199	Marija Žarkauskaitė	1949
200	Marija Regina Buračienė	1936