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Seija

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

1) Name invented by the Finnish teacher and writer Yrjö Karilas (1891–1965), inspired by
1a) the name of the Roman goddess Seia [1] [2]
1b) the Finnish word seijas = 'tranquil', 'serene' [1]
1c) the Finnish word seijas = 'clear', 'cloudless' [2] [3]

2) Finnish form of Zeia (see Luzei) [1]

Related Names

Sea ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Swedish
Seea ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish
Seija ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish

See also Seikku

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Seija
Genitive: Seijas
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Seija
Genitive: Seijan
Partitive: Seijaa
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Seija
Genitive: Seijas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Seija
Genitive: Seijas

Name Day

Finland Finland

13 December

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 395 people were named Seija (percentage of first or only given name: 92 %) [5]
  • Seija was a heavy storm in Finland in September 2013.

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
 29453
n.a.
 29453 0 0
Sweden Sweden[7]
1183 1533 1183 1533 0 0
Denmark Denmark[8]
30
n.a.
 30
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
39
n.a.
 39
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Seija.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1990
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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