Senja
See also: senja
English edit
Proper noun edit
Senja
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Karelian form of the Russian saint's name Ксе́ния (Ksénija), Latinized as Xenia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Senja
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Senja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | Senja | Senjat | ||
genitive | Senjan | Senjojen | ||
partitive | Senjaa | Senjoja | ||
illative | Senjaan | Senjoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Senja | Senjat | ||
accusative | nom. | Senja | Senjat | |
gen. | Senjan | |||
genitive | Senjan | Senjojen Senjainrare | ||
partitive | Senjaa | Senjoja | ||
inessive | Senjassa | Senjoissa | ||
elative | Senjasta | Senjoista | ||
illative | Senjaan | Senjoihin | ||
adessive | Senjalla | Senjoilla | ||
ablative | Senjalta | Senjoilta | ||
allative | Senjalle | Senjoille | ||
essive | Senjana | Senjoina | ||
translative | Senjaksi | Senjoiksi | ||
abessive | Senjatta | Senjoitta | ||
instructive | — | Senjoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Senja is the 217th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,699 female individuals (and as a middle name to 605 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Proper noun edit
Senja
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Senja f, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Senja f
Derived terms edit
Compounds with Senja use Senje-, from the Old Norse oblique Senju.
- Senjehopen
- senjeværing (“someone from Senja”)