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. Depending on phonological rules concerning consecutive vowels or the use of the

palatal approximant The voiced palatal approximant, or yod, is a type of consonant used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is . The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j, and in the Americanist phonetic no ...

, "Mary" in these languages is ''Marija'' if consecutive vowels are disallowed and otherwise ''Maria''. Marija is the most common female name in Croatia. The name Marija was the most common feminine given name until 1969. The male equivalents are

Marijan Marijan is a male Croats, Croatian first name. The Macedonian version of this name is Marjan. Marijan is also a last name found in Croatia. People named Marijan *Marijan Beneš – Croatian boxer *Marijan Brkić Brk – Croatian musician *Mari ...

, Marijo and Mario. Notable people with the name include: * Marija Agbaba, Serbian handball player *

Marija Bankauskaitė Marija Bankauskaitė (19 April 1933 – 7 January 1992 Vilnius) was a Lithuanian ceramics artist. Biography In 1955–1961, she studied at the Lithuanian Institute of Art. In 1961–1965, she taught at the Tent, and in 1965–1968, at the Kauna ...

, Lithuanian ceramics artist * Marija Bursać, Bosnian Serb Yugoslav resistance fighter * Marija Čolić, Serbian handball player * Marija Ćirović, Montenegrin model *

Marija Dūdienė Marija Dūdienė (13 March 1927–14 October 2012) was a Lithuanian painter.''Marija Dūdienė''. Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia, T. V (Dis-Fatva). (in Lithuanian) V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2004. See also *List of Li ...

, 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 Marija Lastauskienė '' née'' Ivanauskaitė ( pl, Maria Lastowska, née Iwanowska) (15 May 1872 in Šiauliai – 19 July 1957 in Kaunas) and her sister Sofija Pšibiliauskienė were Lithuanian sisters who wrote under the shared pen name '' Laz ...

, Lithuanian writer * Marija Leiko, Latvian actress * Marija Lucija Stupica, Slovenian writer *

Marija Lugarić Marija Lugarić (born 1 June 1978 in Zagreb) is a Croatian centre-left politician representing the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), currently the biggest opposition party in Croatia. She was first elected to the Croatian parliament in the ...

, Croatian politician *

Marija Makarovič Marija Makarovič, née Jagodic, (born 15 August 1930) is a Slovene ethnologist. Makarovič was born in Ljubljana in 1930. After graduating from the University of Ljubljana in 1953 she worked as a curator at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum fro ...

, Slovene ethnologist * Marija Mačiulienė, Lithuanian painter *

Marija Mirković Marija Mirkovic ( sr, Марија Мирковић, Marija Mirković; born 23 February 1990) is a former professional Australian tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or ...

, Serbian-Australian tennis player * Marija Naumova, Latvian singer * Marija Nikolova, Macedonian singer * Marija Obrenović, Moldavian and Romanian aristocrat *

Marija Omaljev-Grbić Marija Omaljev (born 5 December 1982) is a Croatian–American film, theatre and television actress. Biography Marija Omaljev, also known as Mara Omaljev, was born on 5 December 1982 in Novi Sad, Socialist Republic of Serbia, SR Serbia, then part ...

, Croatian actress *

Marija Pečkauskaitė 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. Depending on phonological rules concerning consecuti ...

, Lithuanian writer under the pen name Šatrijos Ragana * Marija Petković, Croatian nun * Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer * Marija Šestak, Slovenian triple jumper * Marija Šestić, Bosnian Serb singer * Marija Škaričić, Croatian actress *

Marija Trmčić Marija Trmčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Трмчић; born 20 October 1986 in Užice, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian alpine skier. She participated for Serbia both at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 ...

, Serbian skier *

Marija Ugrica Marija Ugrica ( sr-cyr, Марија Угрица) (born July 27, 1995 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a pop singer well known by her strong live performances and YouTube music covers. She has won numerous awards for her songs and performances in the co ...

, Serbian singer *

Marija Ujević-Galetović Marija Ujević Galetović (20 October 1933 – 13 March 2023) was a Croatian sculptor and painter. She lived and worked in Zagreb. Work and artistic career Ujević-Galetović's work included portraits and figures. She studied sculpture at the ...

, Croatian sculptor *

Marija Vojskovič Marija Vojskovič (25 October 1915 – 1997) was a Slovene writer, best known for her short stories and semi-autobiographical writing. Vojskovič was born in Ljubljana in 1915. Her family had just moved there from Trieste after the outbreak of ...

, Slovene writer *

Marija Vujović Marija Vujović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Марија Вујовић, ) (born 19 May 1984 in Titograd, Yugoslavia, now Podgorica, Montenegro) is a Montenegrin model born in Yugoslavia. She was discovered by Elite Model Management in her home tow ...

, Montenegrin model * Marija Vuković, Montenegrin athlete *

Marija Vukčević Marija Vukčević is a Montenegrin football striker currently playing for ASD Res Roma in the Italian first tier. She formerly played in the Serbian First League for Mašinac Niš, with whom she also played the European Cup, and after that sh ...

, Montenegrin football player *

Princess Marija of Yugoslavia Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia ( sr-cyr, Томислав Карађорђевић, Tomislav Karađorđević; 19 January 1928 – 12 July 2000) was a member of the House of Karađorđević, the second son of Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King Alexande ...

, the only child of Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia and Ljiljana Licanin *

Marija Zerova Mariya Yakovlevna Zerova, alternately Marija Jakovlevna Zerova, (April 7, 1902 – July 21, 1994) was a Ukrainian biologist and taxonomist known for her work in mycology. Her research included work on ectrotrophic mycorrhiza and fungal diseases ...

(1902–1994), Ukrainian mycologist

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