Given name · Macedonian · Serbo-Croatian
Марија
“woman of the sea”
Марија (Màrija) is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian.
Macedonian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Mary.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Марија is Marija written in Cyrillic. MARIJA has a related form in Marina. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Марија comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Марија developed from Maria.
Марија’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Марија has an affectionate form in Марица. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Марија developed from the Latin form Maria. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Марија has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mary.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Марија has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
5 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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