Marija is a feminine given name, a variation of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek names Μαριαμ, or Mariam, and Μαρια, or Maria, found in the New Testament. It is a name predominantly in Croatia, Lithuanian, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, among others. Depending on phonological rules concerning consecutive vowels or the use of the palatal approximant, “Mary” in these languages is Marija if consecutive vowels are disallowed and otherwise Maria. Marija is the most common female name in Croatia. The male equivalents are Marijan, Marijo, Mario.
The name may refer to:
Marija Bankauskaitė, Lithuanian ceramics artistMarija Bērziņa, Latvian actressMarija Bursać, Bosnian Serb Yugoslav resistance fighterMarija Ćirović, Montenegrin modelMarija Dūdienė, Lithuanian painterMarija Gimbutas, Lithuanian-American archaeologistMarija Gluvakov, Serbian pianistMarija Jovanović, Montenegrin handball playerMarija Jurić Zagorka, Croatian writerMarija Karan, Serbian actressMarija Kessler, Slovenian salonistMarija Lastauskienė, Lithuanian writerMarija Leiko, Latvian actressMarija Lucija Stupica, Slovenian writerMarija Lugarić, Croatian politicianMarija Makarovič, Slovene ethnologistMarija Mačiulienė, Lithuanian painterMarija Mirković, Serbian-Australian tennis playerMarija Naumova, Latvian singerMarija Nikolova, Macedonian singerMarija Mitrović, Serbian singerMarija Obrenović, Moldavian and Romanian aristocratMarija Omaljev-Grbić, Croatian actressMarija Pečkauskaitė, Lithuanian writerMarija Petković, Croatian nunMarija Šerifović, Serbian singerMarija Šestak, Slovenian triple jumperMarija Šestić, Bosnian Serb singerMarija Škaričić, Croatian actressMarija Trmčić, Serbian skierMarija Ugrica, Serbian singerMarija Ujević-Galetović, Croatian sculptorMarija Vojskovič, Slovene writerMarija Vujović, Montenegrin modelMarija Vukčević, Montenegrin football playerPrincess Marija of Yugoslavia, the only child of Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia and Ljiljana LicaninMarija may also refer to:
USS Marija (SP-413), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1922Marija (film), a 2016 Swiss-German film
