Marija

English

Proper noun

Marija

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

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1460. From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), ultimately from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryám). Cognate to English Mary.

Proper noun

Marija f

1. Mary (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name from Latin
3. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Мария (Marija)
4. a transliteration of the Spanish or Italian female given name María
5. a transliteration of the French female given name Marie

Related terms

• Maija, Maira, Mairita, Māra, Marianna, Marika, Mārīte, Maruta
• Mairis, Māris

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Marija was the only given name of 18 826 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Marija f

1. Mary (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian Marìa, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (Maryām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈriː.ja/
• Rhymes: -iːja

Proper noun

Marija f (plural Marijiet)

1. (also biblical) a female given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Aramaic], equivalent to English Mary

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), from Aramaic מרים (maryam), from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (mīryām). Doublet of Merjem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mà.ri.ja/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧ja

Proper noun

Màrija f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀рија)

1. (biblical, Christianity) Mary
2. a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary

Declension

    Declension of Marija

	singular	plural
nominative	Marija	Marije
genitive	Marije	Marija
dative	Mariji	Marijama
accusative	Mariju	Marije
vocative	Marijo	Marije
locative	Mariji	Marijama
instrumental	Marijom	Marijama

Further reading

• “Marija”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maríːja/

Proper noun

Marȋja f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Maríja
genitive	Maríje
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Maríja
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Maríje
dative (dajȃlnik)	Maríji
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Maríjo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Maríji
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Maríjo