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Female Name
Usage
Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
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Origin and Meaning
Finnish spelling of Maja [1] [2] [3]
Related Names
See Maja
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Maija
|
Genitive: |
Maijas
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Maija
|
Genitive: |
Maijan
|
Partitive: |
Maijaa
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Maija
|
Genitive: |
Maijas
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Maija
|
Genitive: |
Maijas
|
Name Day
Finland
|
2 July
|
Further Information
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 403 people were named Maija (percentage of first or only given name: 66 %) [4]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Finland[5] |
|
n.a. |
42206 |
n.a. |
42206 |
0 |
0 |
Sweden[6] |
|
750 |
1472 |
750 |
1472 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[7] |
|
71 |
n.a. |
71 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Iceland[8] |
|
4 |
5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[9] |
|
113 |
n.a. |
113 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[10] |
|
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: 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
Sources: [6][7][9][5]
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/