Marija is a feminine given name, a variation of the name

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, ...

, 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 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 notation i ...

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

vowel A vowel is a speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract, forming the nucleus of a syllable. Vowels are one of the two principal classes of speech sounds, the other being the consonant. Vowels vary in quality, in loudness a ...

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

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

. The name Marija was the most common feminine given name until 1969. The male equivalents are Marijan,

Marijo Marijo is a South Slavic masculine given name, cognate to Mario Mario (; ) is a Character (arts), character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise, a recurring ch ...

and

Mario Mario (; ) is a Character (arts), character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise, a recurring character in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise, and the mascot of the Ja ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

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 Marija Colic (born 12 April 1990) is a Serbian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a g ...

, Serbian handball player *

Marija Ćirović Marija Ćirović is a Montenegrin model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Montenegro at Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of Ch ...

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

, Lithuanian-American archaeologist *

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 her ...

, Serbian pianist *

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 J ...

, Montenegrin handball player *

Marija Jurić Zagorka Marija Jurić (; 2 March 1873 – 30 November 1957), known by her pen name Zagorka (), was a Croatians, Croatian journalist, writer and women's rights activist. She was the first female journalist in Croatia and is among the most read Croatian wr ...

, Croatian writer *

Marija Karan Marija Karan ( sr-Cyrl, 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''. Life Karan was born in Belgrade. In 2007 ...

, Serbian actress *

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 Slovenia, ...

, Slovenian salonist *

Marija Kavtaradzė Marija Kavtaradzė (born 3 June 1991) is a Lithuanian film director and screenwriter. Biography Marija Kavtaradzė studied filmmaking at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre from 2010 to 2014. During this period, she directed five short ...

(born 1991), Lithuanian film director and screenwriter *

Marija Laništanin Marija Laništanin ( sr-cyr, Марија Лаништанин; née Agbaba (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 W ...

, Serbian handball player *

Marija Lastauskienė Marija Lastauskienė ''née'' Ivanauskaitė () (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 '' Lazdynų Pelėda'' (''Hazel Owl''). Marija ...

, Lithuanian writer *

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 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 S ...

, Slovenian writer * Marija Lugarić, 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 from ...

, Slovene ethnologist *

Marija Mačiulienė Marija Mačiulienė (born 1929 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian painter. His 1962 mosaic is featured at the entrance to Druskininkai's Sveikatingumo Park. See also *List of Lithuanian painters References Sveikatingumo Parkas In Your Pocket City Gu ...

, Lithuanian painter *

Marija Mirković Marija Mirkovic (; born 23 February 1990) is a former professional Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 276, which she reached on 6 July 2009. Her career-high in doubles was at 221 on 22 November 2010. ITF Circuit fina ...

, Serbian-Australian tennis player *

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

, 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, theater and television actress. Biography Marija Omaljev, also known as Mara Omaljev and Mara Auriel, was born on 5 December 1982 in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, then part of SFR Yugosl ...

, 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; (, ), (10 December 1892 - 9 July 1966) was the founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy. She was recognized by the Catholic Church as Venerable o ...

, Croatian nun *

Marija Razgutė Marija Razgutė (born 26 June 1985) is a Lithuanian film producer and the founder of the production company M-Films. Biography Marija Razgutė was born on 26 June 1985 in Klaipėda, Lithuania. She initially studied business management but l ...

(born 1985), Lithuanian film producer *

Marija Selak Raspudić Marija Selak Raspudić (; born 14 March 1982) is a Croatian philosopher, bioethicist and politician. Since 2020, she has been a member of the Croatian Parliament. She is married to Nino Raspudić. Life Early life and education She was bor ...

, Croatian philosopher, bioethicist and politician *

Marija Šerifović Marija Šerifović ( sr-cyr, Марија Шерифовић, ; born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer. Born in Kragujevac, she is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland with "Molitva", becoming Serbia's ...

, 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 i ...

, Slovenian triple jumper *

Marija Šestić Marija Šestić ( sr-cyr, Марија Шестић; born 5 May 1987) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb singer and musician. She is most known for representing Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest, Bosnia and Her ...

, Bosnian Serb singer *

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

, Croatian actress *

Marija Trmčić Marija Trmčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Трмчић; born 20 October 1986 in Užice, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian alpine skier. She participated for Serbia both at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 20 ...

, 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 Serb model. She was discovered by Elite Model Management in her home town after frien ...

, Montenegrin model *

Marija Vuković Marija Vuković (; born 21 January 1992) is a Montenegrins, Montenegrin athlete specializing in the high jump. She won Montenegro's first ever European Athletics Championships, European Athletics Championship medal with silver in the high jump a ...

, 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 ...

, Montenegrin football player * Princess Marija of Yugoslavia, 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 Ukrainians, Ukrainian biologist and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist known for her work in mycology. Her research included work on ectrotrop ...

(1902–1994), Ukrainian mycologist

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