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It's also a Russian form of Maria - Marja (Марья), pronounced [ˈmarʲjə].
Source: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F
Marja is also Estonian. The name day for Marja in Estonia is March 25.Source: https://forebears.io/x/forenames/marja
Marja Grólmusec (German: Maria Karoline Elisabeth Grollmuß), born 1896, was a Sorbian publicist and a member of the resistance against the Nazi regime.
Also used in Slovene: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marja
Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marja_(eesnimi)
Apparently also an obsolescent Polish form of Maria: https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Marja#pl
Also used in Poland.
Also alternate English spelling of Ukrainian name Mariya.
This name is also used in Limburgish, sometimes even as a form of Margaretha.
I absolutely love this name and am glad it means berry in Finnish, as I was always annoyed to be told it was another form of Maria, which I do not like much.
Literally, 'Marja' means 'berry' in Finnish.

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