Manja
[ˈmɒn.jə]Meaning
diminutive of Marija, used independently
Background Story
Manja is a diminutive of Marija that is also used as a name in its own right. Behind the Name records it as used in Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Arabic (Maghrebi), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Biblical, Biblical Greek and Biblical Hebrew. Wiktionary gives Russian as an origin language, and the Ingrian form was borrowed from the Russian Маня.
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