August 15
Why this day? Maruja is a short form of Maria, and shares its name day.
Maruja is celebrated in the United States, Spain, Brazil and Argentina on August 15.
Maruja is a short form of Maria. It keeps its origin (Hebrew) and meaning — starfish or beloved or bitter, and shares its name day, August 15.
On birth records, Maruja is rarely written as such: the Marujas are Marias (11,734,129 births). For the name's history, year-by-year popularity and famous bearers, read the Maria page.
Maruja is a short form of Maria, which means starfish or beloved or bitter.
August 15, together with Maria: a short form shares the name day of the name it comes from.
It is a familiar short form. It does not appear as such in birth records, where you find Maria.
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