Mara
Female#65 most common in Croatia12,757 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Bitter; beloved (Croatian form of Marija)
- Origin:
- Hebrew
About the name Mara
A Croatian short form of Marija, common in folk songs and rural tradition throughout the country.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- August 15 (Velika Gospa)
Popularity with newborns
- Girls · 2025 · 100 births · #43 that year
Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.
People with this name in Croatia
12,757 people in Croatia are called Mara, according to the 2021 census. That is #65 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Mara is recorded in every Croatian county.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.