Entry № 6138 · Estonian origin

Maarja Maarja — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAR-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Estonian
Meaning
"Mary (Estonian)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Estonian)

A name that means "mary (estonian)".

Maarja is the Estonian form of Mary. The double-A reflects the Estonian long vowel — Estonia is one of the few European languages that preserves these long vowel sounds.

Maarja is widely used in Estonia.

Mary in Estonian. The long-vowel form.

The name in its native script.

Maarja
Transliteration
Maarja
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑːr.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maarja stands.

Maarja does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Maarjas before her.

Real people
Maarja-Liis Ilus
Estonian Eurovision singer.
born 1980
In fiction
Maarja
Common in Estonian fiction.

Names connected to Maarja.

The number behind Maarja.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maarja reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.