Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Silja

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic form (also Estonian) of Cilia [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Related Names

See Cilia

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Siljuson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Siljudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Silja
Genitive: Siljas
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Silja
Accusative: Silju
Dative: Silju
Genitive: Silju
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Silja
Genitive: Siljan
Partitive: Siljaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Silja
Accusative: Silju
Dative: Silju
Genitive: Silju
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Silja
Genitive: Siljas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Silja
Genitive: Siljas

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

22 November

Finland Finland

22 November

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

22 November

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

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[10]
n.a.
 7941
n.a.
 7941 0 0
Denmark Denmark[11]
1134
n.a.
 1134
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[12]
259 305
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[13]
209 329 209 329 0 0
Norway Norway[14]
589
n.a.
 589
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[15]
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

Name statistics for Silja (f) Sources: [13][11][14][10]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Silja (f) Sources: [16]


References

  1. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  4. ↑ Axel Tórgarð: Dagar og nøvn í álmanakkanum (2008)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  8. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  9. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  12. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  15. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  16. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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