Relja
- Meaning:
- Uncertain
- Origin:
- Slavic
About the name Relja
Slavic name of uncertain meaning, familiar from South Slavic folk epic poetry.
Popularity with newborns
Relja has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
112 people in Croatia are called Relja, according to the 2021 census. That is #1425 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Relja is recorded in 3 of Croatia's 21 counties.
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.