Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Marijana isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marijana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 420 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marijana’s family of names
In Croatian usage, Marijana has a conventional equivalent in the German form Marianne. In German usage, Marijana has a related form in Marian. In German usage, Marijana has a related form in Mariana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marijana
- Marijana PetirCroatian politicianborn 1975
- Marianna RadevCroatian opera singer (1913–1973)
- Marijana MarkovićGerman épée fencerborn 1982
- Marijana Mišković HasanbegovićCroatian judokaborn 1982
- Mariyana NikolovaBulgarian lawyerborn 1975
- Marijana Lubejsprinter and athletics competitorborn 1945
- Marijana JankovićDanish actressborn 1982
- Maja MarijanaSerbian singerborn 1972
- Marijana MikulićCroatian actressborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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