Herva
See also: herva
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly partially from a Germanic name (Old High German Heriwan, Heriward, Heriowanda; akin to English Hereward). In Northern Finland possibly from Sami.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Herva
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
Inflection of Herva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Herva | Hervat | ||
genitive | Hervan | Hervojen | ||
partitive | Hervaa | Hervoja | ||
illative | Hervaan | Hervoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Herva | Hervat | ||
accusative | nom. | Herva | Hervat | |
gen. | Hervan | |||
genitive | Hervan | Hervojen Hervainrare | ||
partitive | Hervaa | Hervoja | ||
inessive | Hervassa | Hervoissa | ||
elative | Hervasta | Hervoista | ||
illative | Hervaan | Hervoihin | ||
adessive | Hervalla | Hervoilla | ||
ablative | Hervalta | Hervoilta | ||
allative | Hervalle | Hervoille | ||
essive | Hervana | Hervoina | ||
translative | Hervaksi | Hervoiksi | ||
abessive | Hervatta | Hervoitta | ||
instructive | — | Hervoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- Herva is the 3650th (tied with 12 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 209 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.