Raija
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
A 20th century invention, from a Russian pet form of Raisa, or formed by rhyming with the traditional names Maija and Kaija.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Raija
- a female given name
- 1967, Hannu Salama, Minä, Olli ja Orvokki, Otava, →ISBN, page 155:
- ―Mää hommasin hyvän naisen sulle.
―Jaha. Mikä sen nimi on?
―Se on Raija, hän sanoi painokkaasti.
―Vai Raija. Nätti nimi.- ―I got a good woman for you.
―Uh huh. What's her name?
―It's Raija, he said emphatically.
―Oh Raija. Nice name.
- ―I got a good woman for you.
Usage notes edit
- Popular in Finland in the 1940s and the 1950s.
Declension edit
Inflection of Raija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Raija | Raijat | ||
genitive | Raijan | Raijojen | ||
partitive | Raijaa | Raijoja | ||
illative | Raijaan | Raijoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Raija | Raijat | ||
accusative | nom. | Raija | Raijat | |
gen. | Raijan | |||
genitive | Raijan | Raijojen Raijainrare | ||
partitive | Raijaa | Raijoja | ||
inessive | Raijassa | Raijoissa | ||
elative | Raijasta | Raijoista | ||
illative | Raijaan | Raijoihin | ||
adessive | Raijalla | Raijoilla | ||
ablative | Raijalta | Raijoilta | ||
allative | Raijalle | Raijoille | ||
essive | Raijana | Raijoina | ||
translative | Raijaksi | Raijoiksi | ||
abessive | Raijatta | Raijoitta | ||
instructive | — | Raijoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Raija is the 24th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 20,309 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,133 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.