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
vowel
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s are disallowed and otherwise ''Maria''.
Marija is the most common female name in
Croatia
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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 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
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Marijo
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Mario
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Notable people with the name include:
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Marija Agbaba
Marija Agbaba Lanistanin ( sr-cyr, Марија Агбаба; born 9 August 1995) is a Serbian handball player for Békéscsabai Előre NKSE
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, Serbian handball player
* Marija Bankauskaitė, Lithuanian ceramics artist
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Marija Bursać
Marija Bursać ( sr-Cyrl, Марија Бурсаћ; 2 August 192023 September 1943) was a member of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II in Yugoslavia and the first woman proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Bursać was ...
, Bosnian Serb Yugoslav resistance fighter
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Marija Čolić
Marija Colic (born 12 April 1990) is a Serbian handball player for Nice Handball and the Serbian national team.
She was part of the team at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was ...
, Serbian handball player
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Marija Ćirović
Marija Ćirović is a Montenegrin model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Montenegro in Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China
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, Montenegrin model
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Marija Dūdienė
Marija Dūdienė (13 March 1927–14 October 2012) was a Lithuanian painter.''Marija Dūdienė''. Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia
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, Lithuanian painter
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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
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Marija Gluvakov
Marija Gluvakov – Medenica ( Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Глуваков – Меденица) (born 3 April 1973), is a Serbian pianist and piano teacher.
Education
Gluvakov was born in Senta, Serbia, formerly Yugoslavia. She received h ...
, Serbian pianist
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Marija Jovanović
Marija Jovanović (born 26 December 1985) is a retired Montenegrin handball player. She played for the Montenegrin national team.
She competed at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Montenegrin team placed sixth, and Jova ...
, Montenegrin handball player
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Marija Jurić Zagorka
Marija Jurić (; 2 March 1873 – 30 November 1957), known by her pen name Zagorka (), was a Croatian journalist, writer and women's rights activist. She was the first female journalist in Croatia and is among the most read Croatian writers.
Ea ...
, Croatian writer
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Marija Karan
Marija Karan ( sr-cyr, Марија Каран; born 29 April 1982) is a Serbian actress. She had her film debut in '' Kad porastem biću Kengur'' and appeared after this in '' Jesen stiže, dunjo moja''.
She was born in Belgrade. In 2007, Kara ...
, Serbian actress
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Marija Kessler
Marija Kessler (April 24, 1860 – May 1, 1939), was a Slovene socialite. Her salon was the cultural center of artist life in Ljubljana in the late 19th century, and was regarded as the most notable example of a salon in Slovenia.
She was the mo ...
, Slovenian salonist
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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 '' Lazdyn ...
, Lithuanian writer
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Marija Leiko
Marija Leiko (14 August 1887 – 3 February 1938), also known as Marija Leyko, was a Latvian stage and silent film actress in Europe, especially popular in Latvia, Germany,Marija Lucija Stupica, Slovenian writer
* Marija Lugarić, Croatian politician
* Marija Makarovič, Slovene ethnologist
* Marija Mačiulienė, Lithuanian painter
* Marija Mirković, Serbian-Australian tennis player
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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
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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
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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
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Marija Šerifović
Marija Šerifović ( sr-cyr, Марија Шерифовић, ; born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer. Born in Kragujevac as the daughter of Verica Šerifović, she rose to prominence in 2003 with her debut album '' Naj, Najbolja''. Šerif ...
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 ...
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 ...