Anniina
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
A twentieth century form of the Italian Annina, which was made well known in Finland through the song Annina (1901) by Oskar Merikanto.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɑnːiːnɑ/, [ˈɑ̝nːiːnɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑnːiːnɑ
- Homophone: Annina
- Syllabification(key): An‧nii‧na
Proper noun edit
Anniina
- a female given name
- 2015, Pirjo Tuominen, Varjo vierellä käy, Tammi, →ISBN, page 249:
- Jotakin kaunista äiti silti tyttärelleen jätti. Kun köyhällä ei ollut muuta antaa, niin sievän nimen saattoi aina valita. Käärö kastettiin Elsa Anniinaksi. Kenties äidin rinnassa sykki romanttinen naisensydän kaiken katkerruden ja vihan alla.
- But her mother did leave her daughter something. Someone in poverty had nothing else to give, but she could still pick a pretty name. The swaddled baby was christened Elsa Anniina. Perhaps in the mother's chest there was a romantic woman's heart beating under all the bitterness and hate.
Declension edit
Inflection of Anniina (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Anniina | Anniinat | ||
genitive | Anniinan | Anniinoiden Anniinoitten Anniinojen | ||
partitive | Anniinaa | Anniinoita Anniinoja | ||
illative | Anniinaan | Anniinoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Anniina | Anniinat | ||
accusative | nom. | Anniina | Anniinat | |
gen. | Anniinan | |||
genitive | Anniinan | Anniinoiden Anniinoitten Anniinojen Anniinainrare | ||
partitive | Anniinaa | Anniinoita Anniinoja | ||
inessive | Anniinassa | Anniinoissa | ||
elative | Anniinasta | Anniinoista | ||
illative | Anniinaan | Anniinoihin | ||
adessive | Anniinalla | Anniinoilla | ||
ablative | Anniinalta | Anniinoilta | ||
allative | Anniinalle | Anniinoille | ||
essive | Anniinana | Anniinoina | ||
translative | Anniinaksi | Anniinoiksi | ||
abessive | Anniinatta | Anniinoitta | ||
instructive | — | Anniinoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Anniina is the 166th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,999 female individuals (and as a middle name to 11,326 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.