The baby name Marjah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmɑr.jə/ or /ˈmɑr.dʒə/ (MAR-yuh or MAR-juh).
The baby name Marjah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmɑr.jə/ or /ˈmɑr.dʒə/ (MAR-yuh or MAR-juh).
Marjah is Arabic, English, Finnish in Origin.
Marjah is a modern cross-cultural feminine name that most often behaves as a stylistic variant of Marja, the Nordic/Slavic form of Maria. In Finnish and Karelian, marja is also the common noun for “berry,” which lends the name a gentle, nature-inflected feel. The final -h mirrors English spellings like Sarah or Mariah, and may reflect anglophone influence. The form also resonates with Arabic-Persian marj, “meadow/pasture,” found in toponyms such as Marjah (Afghanistan), giving it an additional landscape association.
Use of Marja peaked in mid-20th-century Finland and Estonia and appears in Slovene and South Slavic records; related Russian folk forms include Marya/Mar’ya. Meanings therefore range from those attached to Maria - “beloved,” “wished-for child,” sometimes “sea of bitterness/drop of the sea” - to the Finnish “berry” and the Arabic “meadow.” Variants and relatives include Marja, Maarja, Mariah, Maria, Mari, and Marja-Liisa.
Marjah is extremely rare. Across 6 countries, we found just 8 recorded uses of it.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| LB | 0 | #689 | 2 | 13,263 | |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
Marjah is popular in 6 countries — most recent births per country:
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