Meaning 
The name Mirja has the following meaning: Star of the sea. Derives from the Latin words "Stella Maris". Also means "bitter" in Hebrew. In the Bible, Mary was the mother of Jesus Christ. This name remained popular for many centuries due to the spread of Christianity.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Mirja is currently not a popular baby name in the USA. There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Mirja for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Mary, of which the name Mirja is a variant.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Mirja and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Mirja: Boys - Adriel, Dathan, Dori, Dov, Dovev, Haskell, Mordecai, Mordechai, Nadav, Nirel, Noam, Solomon, Girls - Alia, Eve, Galilea, Johnna, Mahala, Mahalah, Mozell, Orah, Salome, Sherron, Both genders - Anna, Betty, David
Variants 
The name Mirja is a variant of Mary. Other popular variants of the name Mary are: Mair, Mame, Mamie, Marabelle, Marella, Marelle, Maren, Maretta, Marette, Maridel, Marietta, Marila, Marilla, Marilyn, Marin, Marlo, Maryanna, Maryla, Marynia, Maurene, Maurine, Mayme, Maymie, Merrill, Mimi (French), Minti, Mirja, Moll, Molli, Mollie (Irish), Molly (Irish), Poll, Polli, Polly
Style 
We think the name Mirja should fall under the following style category: Biblical. See other Biblical girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Mirja to be: Kind and likable womanIn one word, you might describe Mirja as a(n) " likeable" person. See other "likeable" names for girls.
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