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

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, 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,

Marijo Marijo is a South Slavic masculine given name, cognate to Mario. Notable people with the name include: *Marijo Baković (born 1982), retired Croatian long jumper *Marijo Dodik (born 1974), Bosnian Croat football striker *Marijo Marić (born 1977) ...

and

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. 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, Lithuanian ceramics artist *

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 b ...

, 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 or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a b ...

, Serbian handball player *

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

, Montenegrin model *

Marija Dūdienė Marija Dūdienė (13 March 1927–14 October 2012) was a Lithuanian painter.''Marija Dūdienė''. Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia Universal is the adjective for universe. Universal may also refer to: Companies * NBCUniversal, a media and ...

, 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 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 ea ...

, 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 Jov ...

, Montenegrin handball player *

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 *

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 *

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 * Marija Lastauskienė, 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, Slovene ethnologist * Marija Mačiulienė, Lithuanian painter * Marija Mirković, 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, Croatian actress * Marija Pečkauskaitė, 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 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''. Šerifo ...

, 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 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 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, Serbian skier * Marija Ugrica, Serbian singer * Marija Ujević-Galetović, Croatian sculptor * Marija Vojskovič, Slovene writer * Marija Vujović, 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, Montenegrin football player * Princess Marija of Yugoslavia, the only child of Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia and Ljiljana Licanin * Marija Zerova (1902–1994), Ukrainian mycologist

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