Manja
Manja is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
On the one hand, Manja is the Russian diminutive of the name Maria ; The name also comes from Danish and is derived from the Latin Magna , "the great one". The name Manja is also common in India.
name day
Name days are July 6th and December 25th .
variants
Minor forms of Manja include “Mania” and “Manjana”.
Well-known namesake
- Manja (singer) (* 1979), German singer
- Manja Behrens (1914–2003), German actress
- Manja Doering (* 1977), German actress and voice actress
- Manja Göring (* 1955), German actress
- Manja Kuhl (* 1981), German actress
- Manja Pograjc (* 1994), Slovenian ski jumper
- Manja Präkels (* 1974), German writer, musician and journalist
- Manja Rogan (* 1995), Slovenian national soccer player
- Manja Schaar (* 1979), German actress
- Manja Schüle (* 1976), German politician (SPD), ex-Member of the Bundestag, since November 2019 Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg
Others
- A novel by Anna Gmeyner is titled Manja .
- Manja is also the name of a hazelnut bar made by the Viennese confectionery manufacturer Niemetz
- Manja is the family name of the German football player, coach and official Karl-Heinz Manja (1922–2012)
- Manja is the family name of the German soccer player Kurt Manja (1920–1993)