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

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