Marja

Variant of Maria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.jaː/

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• Hyphenation: Mar‧ja

Marja f

1. a female given name

Marja f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Marja: Marjuson
• daughter of Marja: Marjudóttir

A variant of Maria, also associated with Finnish marja (“berry”), as in the hyphenated name Marja-Terttu (“berry cluster”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrjɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rjɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrjɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Mar‧ja

Marja

1. a female given name
   • 1911, Juhani Aho, Juha, SKS, published 1994, →ISBN, page 91:

     ―Marja on nimeni.
     ―Ai, Marja, kaunispa on nimesi―ai, kuinka sinulla on totiset silmät.

     ―Marja is my name.
     ―Oh, Marja, your name is beautiful―oh, how your eyes are so earnest.

   • 1982, Aarno Laitinen, Musta Monopoli, Kustannusvaihe/Gummerus, →ISBN, page 11:

     Tyttö otti itselleen uuteen asemaansa paremmin sopivan etunimen Jane, sillä vanha perisuomalainen etunimi olisi kuulostanut hienossa suvussa liian arkiselta. Kukaan ei muista oliko Janen nimi aikaisemmin Liisa, Marja vai mikä muu.

     ―The girl took as her name something closer to her new status, Jane, since an ancient Finnish name would have sounded too casual in a noble family. Nobody can recall whether Jane was earlier called Liisa, Marja or something else.

   • 1993, Olli Kivioja, Kirurgin muistelmia, WSOY, →ISBN, page 60:

     Äiti ehdotti Marja-Liisaa ja Marja-Terttua, mutta Marja-yhdistelmiä oli jo edellisissä lapsissa. Kun nimistä ei ollut tulla selvyyttä, vaimoni tarjosi äidille ensimmäisen tyttäremme nimiä―ei hänen etunimeään, joka sekin on Marja, mutta toista ja kolmatta, Sinikkaa ja Elinaa.

     Mother proposed Marja-Liisa and Marja-Terttu, but there were too many children with Marja in their names already. When it didn't seem like there would be agreement, my wife suggested to her the name of our first daughter―not her first name, likewise Marja, but the second and third, Sinikka and Elina.

• Kirsi-Marja
• Marja-Leena
• Marja-Liisa
• Marja-Terttu
• Marjo
• Marjukka
• Marjut

• → Northern Sami: Márjá, Máddjá

• Marja is the 10^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 25,959 female individuals (and as a middle name to 17,263 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Marja f

1. Pre-1936 spelling of Maria.

A vernacular form of Maria first recorded in the 17th century.

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Marja c (genitive Marjas)

1. a female given name

• jamar