Forename Merja

Globally, Merja (Mare , Merja , Мержа ) is a common dominantly female, but uncommonly masculine forename. The first name Merja is habitual in Croatia, where it is quite a common female name, Finland, and Ethiopia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Ethiopia, India, and Syria. Also, Merja is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Merja

name Mary, name Merje, name Мерья, name Margur, name Margr, name Mare, name Мерйа, name Meri, name Marja, name Меря, name Merja, name Marinn, name Mar, name ميرجا, name Мержа

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Mare	Romania, India, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Japan
Merja	Finland, Sweden, Italy, India, Saudi Arabia
Мержа	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
Мерья	Russia

First names said to be same

Mar, Margr, Margur, Marinn, Marja, Mary, Meri, Merje, Мерйа, Меря, and ميرجا

First name Merja in the context

Merja is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mare Paula d'Altea , the character in Matèria de Bretanya.

Notable namesakes

	merja otava Finnish writer, FI (b. 1935)
	merja ikkelä Finnish accordionist, pianist and composer, FI (b. 1955)
	merja mäkisalo-ropponen Finnish politician, FI (b. 1958)
	merja mäntyniemi Finnish politician, FI (b. 1961)
	merja larivaara Finnish actress, FI (b. 1964)
	merja koskela Finnish linguist (b. 1965)
	merja leppälahti FI (b. 1956)
	merja kyllönen Finnish politician, FI (b. 1977)
	merja rantanen Finnish orienteer, FI (b. 1980)
	merja korpela athletics competitor, FI (b. 1981)
	merja winqvist Finnish sculptor, paper / textile artist, FI (b. 1949)
	merja jalo Finnish novelist, FI (b. 1951)
	merja makinen director of communication and culture (b. 1953)
	merja kytö Finnish anglicist, professor of English at Uppsala university, FI (b. 1953)
	merja salo Finnish photographer, FI (b. 1953)