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

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, "Mary" in these languages is ''Marija'' if consecutive

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s are disallowed and otherwise ''Maria''. Marija is the most common female name in

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. 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 is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creat ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Marija Agbaba Marija Agbaba Lanistanin ( sr-cyr, Марија Агбаба; born 9 August 1995) is a Serbian handball player for Békéscsabai Előre NKSE and the Serbian national team. She represented Serbia at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship. ...

, 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 Marija Gimbutas ( lt, Marija Gimbutienė, ; January 23, 1921 – February 2, 1994) was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of " Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, ...

, 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 Marija Lucija Stupica (13 December 1950 – 28 May 2002) was a Slovene children's book illustrator. Stupica was born in Ljubljana in 1950. She was the daughter of the acclaimed Slovene illustrator Marlenka Stupica and famous painter Gabrijel St ...

, 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 Marija Naumova-Bullīta (born and professionally knows as Marija Naumova 23 June 1973) is a Latvian singer of Russian descent. Under the stage name Marie N, she sings a broad range of music ranging from pop to musical theatre and jazz, and has ...

, Latvian singer *

Marija Nikolova XXL represented Macedonia in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest after winning the national final selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "100% te ljubam". Before Eurovision Skopje Fest 2000 The national final, was held ...

, Macedonian singer *

Marija Obrenović Elena Maria Catargiu-Obrenović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Елена Марија Катарџи-Обреновић; 1831 Iași – 16 July 1876 or 28 June 1879, Dresden), known in Serbia as Marija Obrenović, was by birth a Moldavian and United Pr ...

, 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 Marija Petković, also known as "The Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković"; (Croatian: ''Marija od Propetoga Isusa Petković'', Italian ''Maria Di Gesù Crocifisso''), (10 December 1892 - 9 July 1966) was the founder of the Catholic Congrega ...

, Croatian nun * Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer *

Marija Šestak Marija Šestak ( sr-cyrl, Марија Шестак; born ''Martinović'', Мартиновић) is a Serbian-born Slovenian triple jumper. Marija Martinović was born on 17 April 1979 in Kragujevac (at the time SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia). She ...

, Slovenian triple jumper * Marija Šestić, Bosnian Serb singer *

Marija Škaričić Marija Škaričić (born 6 August 1977) is a Croatian actress. Biography Marija Škaričić was born on August 6, 1977 in Split. She ended Primary and Secondary school in Split. As a high school student, she attended ''Gradsko kazalište mla ...

, 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, 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 Marija Vuković ( cnr, Марија Вуковић; born 21 January 1992) is a Montenegrin athlete specializing in the high jump. She won Montenegro’s first ever European Athletics Championship medal with silver in the high jump at Munich 2 ...

, 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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