Marja

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Finnish and Swedish variant form of Maria [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Maarja ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Marja ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Márjá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Márjjá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Marjo ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Marjukka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Marjut ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Marya ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

See also Aija, Marjatta

Name Day

Finland Finland

15 August

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Marja
Accusative: Marju
Dative: Marju
Genitive: Marju

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1663 [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1569 3085 0 0
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 48 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 21 111 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 52629 0 0
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Marja.

Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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