Arja

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

Origin and Meaning

1) Russian pet form of Ariadne ^[1]

2) Finnish variant form of Irja ^[2]

Related Names

Ara	♀
Arija	♀
Arja	♀
Arjukka	♀

See also Aija and Erja

Name Day

Finland

28 September

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: ca. 1945 ^[2]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Finnmark ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		871	1110	3	5
Norway[4]		36	90	0	0
Denmark[5]		18	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	23234	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Arja.

Sources: ^{[3] [5] [4] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi