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Marjana

Gender
Girl
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mar-JAH-nah

Marjana is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Marjana mean?

Slovene form of Mariana, or Arabic-Persian marjan 'coral'

Can be a Slovene form of Mariana or a Muslim name from Arabic and Persian marjan, 'coral'.

Is Marjana a girl's or a boy's name?

Marjana is a girls' name.

How popular is Marjana in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 8 girls.

Half of all the girls named Marjana in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 8 in 19992007
Marjana in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20074#4,494
20060–
20057#2,806
20045#3,356
20034#3,768
20026#2,691
20013#4,156
20004#3,399
19998#2,089
19986#2,535
19974#3,345
19967#2,201

Names like Marjana

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Marjana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marjana, updated 20 October 2026.