Given name & surname
Mitja
“mother”
Mitja is a masculine given name. It is used in Slovene.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mitja is a romanization of Митя. Митя goes back to a word meaning “mother.”
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Where it comes from
Mitja is a romanization of Митя. Митя comes from Carpathian Rusyn.
Explained through its name family
Mitja’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Mitja as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Митя.
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People named Mitja
- Mitja RibičičYugoslav politician (1919–2013)
- Mitja LeskovarRoman Catholic archbishopborn 1970
- Mitja RobarSlovenian ice hockey playerborn 1983
- Mitja ZastrowDutch swimmerborn 1977
- Mitja KuncSlovenian alpine skierborn 1971
- Mitja MörecSlovenian footballerborn 1983
- Mitja PetkovšekSlovene gymnastborn 1977
- Mitja IleničSlovenian footballerborn 2004
- Mitja DragšičSlovenian alpine skierborn 1979
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