Marija

Marija

1. a transliteration of the Macedonian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Марија (Marija), equivalent to Mary

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1460. From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), ultimately from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryám). Cognate to English Mary.

Marija f

1. Mary (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name from Latin
3. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Мария (Marija)
4. a transliteration of the Spanish or Italian female given name María
5. a transliteration of the French female given name Marie

• Maija, Maira, Mairita, Māra, Marianna, Marika, Mārīte, Maruta
• Mairis, Māris

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Marija was the only given name of 18 826 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Marija f

1. Mary (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name

Borrowed from Sicilian Marìa, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (Maryām).

• IPA^(key): /maˈriː.ja/

Marija f (plural Marijiet)

1. (also biblical) a female given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Aramaic], equivalent to English Mary

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám).

• IPA^(key): /mà.ri.ja/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧ja

Màrija f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀рија)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

• “Marija”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

• IPA^(key): /maríːja/

Marȋja f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary