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Maša

Female#343 most common in Croatia2,117 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Beloved; short form of Marija
Origin:
Hebrew

About the name Maša

A Slavic short form of Marija ('beloved'), used affectionately as an independent name.

Popularity with newborns

  • Girls · 2025 · 121 births · #33 that year
Position on the annual list
Maša — Position on the annual list#26#28#29#31#32#34201720182019202020212022202320242025

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

2,117 people in Croatia are called Maša, according to the 2021 census. That is #343 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Maša is recorded in 20 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaLičko-senjskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

ShortSlavicModerately common

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.