Marija

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Maria in BR Brazil, ES Spain, AR Argentina and 13 more, Mary in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 3 more, Мария in RU Russia, BG Bulgaria and Marie in FR France.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Marija is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name15K records spelled Marija13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Serbia, Spain, United States

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Márija, Marïja, Märijä, Mårijå, Maríja

• a separate given name4.6K records spelled Marija4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Serbia, Russia, Slovenia

  Also written Mariǰa, Maríja, Marìja

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Marija is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Lithuanian, Mary (Biblical figure)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Marija är en slavisk skrivning av → Maria.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Serbo-Croatian, žensko lično ime biblijskog podrijetla

  as a word·Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

• In Maltese, a female given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Aramaic], equivalent to English Mary

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A transliteration of the Macedonian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Марија (Marija), equivalent to Mary

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 129 years between 1876–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russiab. 1786RUnot in their usual nameRussian Grand Duchess
• Maria Feodorovnab. 1847DKnot in their usual nameEmpress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
• Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russiab. 1853RUnot in their usual nameDuchess consort of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1853–1920); sixth child and second daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
• Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russiab. 1899RUnot in their usual nameGrand Duchess of Russia (1899–1918); third daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
• Maria Meneghini Callasb. 1923USnot in their usual nameAmerican-Greek operatic soprano (1923–1977)
• Maria Zakharovab. 1975RUnot in their usual nameRussian foreign ministry spokesperson since 2015
• Maria Vorontsovab. 1985RUnot in their usual namedaughter and eldest child of Vladimir Putin
• Maria Sharapovab. 1987RUnot in their usual nameRussian tennis player
• Maria Kirilenkob. 1987RUnot in their usual nameRussian female tennis player
• Lordeb. 1996NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand singer, songwriter and producer (born 1996)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 664 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marija?

We estimate roughly 21 million people bear Marija (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Marija have the most bearers?

Marija is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled maria.

How common is Marija compared with other names?

In Argentina, Marija is the most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Marija a male or female name?

Marija is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Marija mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Mary