The Glorification of Mary by
Botticelli. The reverence for
Mary, the mother of Jesus, is in large part responsible for the use of the name Mary and its variants.
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. 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.[1] The name Marija was the most common feminine given name until 1969.[2]
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