Marje
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a female given name, variant of Maarja or Mari
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈmɑɹdʒ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Marje is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 67K(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 243K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 95 (measured from records)
- 1 in 67K (inferred from the name graph)
83 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name, variant of Maarja or Mari
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Marje counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | 83 | 1 in 67K | 201 | — | 2 |
| SE Sweden | 42 | 1 in 243K | 42 | — | 1 |
| US United States | — | — | 5 | Marje | 95 |
| PH Philippines | — | — | — | Marje | 17 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | — | listed | Marje | 28 |
| DE Germany | — | — | 1 | Marje | 29 |
| EE Estonia | — | — | 1.1K | Marje | 16 |
| IE Ireland | — | — | — | Marje | 4 |
83 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); the penguin-baby-names-2009 register; the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; the ee-stat-nimed register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Marje is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Norwegian Bokmål, Black Maria
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Marje Sinkb. 1910EEEstonian composer (1910-1979)
- Marje Pavelsonb. 1938EEEstonian sociologist (born 1938)
- Marje Metsurb. 1941EEEstonian actress (born 1941)
- Marje Üksineb. 1945EEEstonian printmaker (born 1945)
- Marje Aareb. 1946EEEstonian singer (born 1946)
- Marje Joalaidb. 1946EEEstonian linguist and folklorist (born 1946)
- Marje Ernitsb. 1948EEEstonian writer (born 1948)
- Marje Josingb. 1959EEEstonian economist (1959-2023)
- Marje Oonab. 1963EEEstonian medical researcher and physician (born 1963)
- Marje Tõemäeb. 1977EEEstonian film director (born 1977)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 1.1K | #139 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 201 | #1,762 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 83 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 42 | #15,317 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 31 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2001 | 29 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2000 | 29 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 28 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 28 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 28 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 28 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | 28 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Marje mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, variant of Maarja or Mari Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Marje?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmɑɹdʒ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Marje a male or female name?
- Marje is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Marje?
- In the etymology graph, Rita, Margarita and Peggy are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Marjorie.
- In which country does Marje have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 83 people named Marje, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Marje most common?
- Marje is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 67 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Marje?
- In Finland, the national register counted 83 people named Marje, about 1 in 67 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Marje?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/marjeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marje”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.