Terje
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Estonian tera "grain", or from Terhenetär in the Kalevala, Finnish terhen "mist".
Proper noun edit
Terje
- a female given name
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Torgeir (see that).
Proper noun edit
Terje m (definite Terjen)
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Torgeir
Usage notes edit
The name was popularised by the poem Terje Vigen (1862) by Henrik Ibsen.
Related terms edit
- (surnames) Terjesen
References edit
- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 829 males with the given name Terje living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 31st March, 2023.