Marja is a female given name, a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

Sámi The Sámi ( ; also spelled Sami or Saami) are a Finno-Ugric-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Murmansk Oblast, Rus ...

and

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

form of

Mary Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...

. It also means "berry" in Finnish. In Finnish the normal form of Mary is

Maria Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

; the pronunciations of Maria

maria Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

and Marja marjaare identical, if the /-ria/ is pronounced as diphthong in as usual in rapid speech: ari̯a As of December 2012, 53,000 people are registered with this name in Finland. In Finland, the

nameday In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a ...

for Marja is the 15th of August.

Notable people

Some notable people with the name Marja are: *

Marja van Bijsterveldt Janneke Marlene "Marja" van Bijsterveldt-Vliegenthart (born 27 June 1961) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). She has been mayor of Delft since 2 September 2016. Early life Van Bijsterveldt attended nursing scho ...

(born 1961), Dutch politician * Marja Heikkilä (born 1977), Finnish freestyle swimmer *

Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (née Hämäläinen; born 10 September 1955) is a Finnish former cross-country skier. Career She was the big figure at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, winning all three individual cross-country skiing events (5, 10 and 2 ...

(born 1955), Finnish cross country skier *

Marja Kok Marja Kok (born 29 June 1944) is a Dutch actress and film director. In 1981 she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress award. She has appeared in more than 25 films and television shows since 1967. Selected filmography * ''In for Treatment'' (197 ...

(born 1944), Dutch actress * Marja Lahti (1901–1967), Finnish politician * Marja Lehto (born 1959), Finnish diplomat * Marja Lehtonen (born 1968), Finnish bodybuilder *

Marja Lubeck Maria Josina Elisabeth "Marja" Lubeck (born 1965) is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party. Early life and family Lubeck was born in the Netherlands, the eldest child of Valentin ...

(born 1965), Dutch-born New Zealand politician * Marja Merisalo (born 1965), Finnish choreographer, dancer and director * Marja Mikkonen (born 1979), Finnish artist and filmmaker * Marja-Liisa Olthuis (born 1967), an Inari Sámi living in the Netherlands * Marja-Helena Pälvilä (born 1970), Finnish female ice hockey player * Marja Pärssinen (born 1971), Finnish butterfly and freestyle swimmer *

Marja-Liisa Portin Marja Liisa Autti ( née Portin; born January 5, 1966) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1989 World Orienteering Championships in Skövde, together with Ulla Mänttäri, Annika Viilo ...

, Finnish orienteering competitor * Marja van der Tas (born 1958), Dutch politician * Marja Tiura (born 1969), Finnish politician *

Marja Vis Maria Margaretha Antje "Marja" Vis (born 15 January 1977) is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who was active between 1996 and 2010. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic ...

(born 1977), Dutch speed skater *

Marja Wokke Marja Wokke (born 21 March 1957 in Bergen, North Holland) is a former marathon runner from the Netherlands, most active in the 1970s and 1980s. Biography Wokke won the inaugural Rotterdam Marathon on 23 May 1981, clocking in at 2:43:23. In 1980 ...

(born 1957), Dutch marathon runner

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