Vilja

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish

Origin and Meaning

1) Finnish vilja = 'grain, cereal' [1] [2]

2) Swedish vilja = 'will, strong desire' [2]

Related Names

     
Vilja Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Wilja Swedish
Vilje Norwegian

Name Day

Finland Finland

12 September

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1945 [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png 282 496 0 2
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 218 336 0 0
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 42 n.a. 0 n.a
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 1415 0 0
  #: 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.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][5][4][6]:Name statistics for Vilja(f)


Sources: [3] [5] [4] [6]

References

  1. Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  2. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  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