Marije

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Marije is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Maria.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 1.4K(measured from records)
  • ALAlbania1 in 3.2K
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 22K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

12,528 people

Sources
103 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Marije: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Marije
  1. Vulgate LatinMaria(inferred from the name graph)via Maria
  2. Ancient GreekΜαρίαMaría(inferred from the name graph)via Maria
  3. AramaicמריםMaryām(inferred from the name graph)via Maria

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

Variant of Maria.

Sources 1

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Marije 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.

Where Marije is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands#32312,5281 in 1.4K13KMarije103
AL Albania—9631 in 3.2K963——
XK Kosovo—≈87 est.≈1 in 22K374Marije2
BE Belgium—≈80 est.≈1 in 146K—Marije13
IT Italy—≈75 est.≈1 in 836K—Marije3
HR Croatia—261 in 163K26Marije11

12,528 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Marije is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Albanian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Albania

    Also written Marijë

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19601970198019902000Marije Meerman, b. 1967Marije Cornelissen, b. 1974Marije Tolman, b. 1976Marije Vogelzang, b. 1978Femke Wiersma, b. 1984Marije Brummel, b. 1985Marije Smits, b. 1986Marije Joling, b. 1987Kira Toussaint, b. 1994Marije van Hunenstijn, b. 1995

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Marije
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—13K#183
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—6.8K#542
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—963#513
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)—374#1,414
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202126#3,263
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)202125—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)195113—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)195312—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)197211—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)197410—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)196010—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)195810—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • 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 Marije mean, and where does it come from?
Variant of Maria. Recorded by Wiktionary.
What are other forms of the name Marije?
In the etymology graph, Maria, Mary and Marie are forms of the same name in other languages.
Is Marije a male or female name?
Marije 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.
In which country does Marije have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Marije, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marije.
Where is Marije most common?
Marije is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.4 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Marije?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 12,528 people named Marije, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
How common is Marije compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, Marije is the 323rd most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.

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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, “Marije” — the 323rd most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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