Selja

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Nordic spelling of Celia [1] [2]

2) Finnish selja = 'elder', 'elderberry' (Lat. Sambucus) [3]

Related Names

Seelja
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Finish
Selja
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Seljuson Iceland

Female

Seljudóttir Iceland

Grammar

Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Selja
Genitive: Seljan
Partitive: Seljaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Selja
Accusative: Selju
Dative: Selju
Genitive: Selju
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Selja
Genitive: Seljas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Selja
Genitive: Seljas

Name Day

Finland Finland

22 November

Further Information

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[5]
n.a.
892
n.a.
892 0 0
Sweden Sweden[6]
6 10 6 10 0 0
Iceland Iceland[7]
3 5
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[8]
2
n.a.
2
n.a.
0
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
52
n.a.
52
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 Selja.


References

  1. Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  2. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  3. Rolf Klemmert, Ilkka Rekiaro: Gummeruksen suomi-saksa-suomi-sanakirja (1999)
  4. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  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/