Venla

Finnish edit

From German Wendela, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the tribal name Wendel- (“a Wend”).

Venla

a female given name
- 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 2 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
  JUHANI. Minä annan palttua taivaan mannalle, koska en saanut Männistön muorin Venlaa.
  JUHANI: What do I care for the manna of heaven if I can't have Granny Pine's Venla?

Rare until it became known as the name of a character in the first Finnish novel, Seven Brothers (1870) by Aleksis Kivi. Popular in the 2000s.

Inflection of Venla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Venla	Venlat
genitive		Venlan	Venlojen
partitive		Venlaa	Venloja
illative		Venlaan	Venloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Venla	Venlat
accusative	nom.	Venla	Venlat
accusative	gen.	Venlan	Venlat
genitive		Venlan	Venlojen Venlain^rare
partitive		Venlaa	Venloja
inessive		Venlassa	Venloissa
elative		Venlasta	Venloista
illative		Venlaan	Venloihin
adessive		Venlalla	Venloilla
ablative		Venlalta	Venloilta
allative		Venlalle	Venloille
essive		Venlana	Venloina
translative		Venlaksi	Venloiksi
abessive		Venlatta	Venloitta
instructive		—	Venloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Venla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Venlani	Venlani
accusative	nom.	Venlani	Venlani
accusative	gen.	Venlani	Venlani
genitive		Venlani	Venlojeni Venlaini^rare
partitive		Venlaani	Venlojani
inessive		Venlassani	Venloissani
elative		Venlastani	Venloistani
illative		Venlaani	Venloihini
adessive		Venlallani	Venloillani
ablative		Venlaltani	Venloiltani
allative		Venlalleni	Venloilleni
essive		Venlanani	Venloinani
translative		Venlakseni	Venloikseni
abessive		Venlattani	Venloittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Venloineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Venlasi	Venlasi
accusative	nom.	Venlasi	Venlasi
accusative	gen.	Venlasi	Venlasi
genitive		Venlasi	Venlojesi Venlaisi^rare
partitive		Venlaasi	Venlojasi
inessive		Venlassasi	Venloissasi
elative		Venlastasi	Venloistasi
illative		Venlaasi	Venloihisi
adessive		Venlallasi	Venloillasi
ablative		Venlaltasi	Venloiltasi
allative		Venlallesi	Venloillesi
essive		Venlanasi	Venloinasi
translative		Venlaksesi	Venloiksesi
abessive		Venlattasi	Venloittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Venloinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Venlamme	Venlamme
accusative	nom.	Venlamme	Venlamme
accusative	gen.	Venlamme	Venlamme
genitive		Venlamme	Venlojemme Venlaimme^rare
partitive		Venlaamme	Venlojamme
inessive		Venlassamme	Venloissamme
elative		Venlastamme	Venloistamme
illative		Venlaamme	Venloihimme
adessive		Venlallamme	Venloillamme
ablative		Venlaltamme	Venloiltamme
allative		Venlallemme	Venloillemme
essive		Venlanamme	Venloinamme
translative		Venlaksemme	Venloiksemme
abessive		Venlattamme	Venloittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Venloinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Venlanne	Venlanne
accusative	nom.	Venlanne	Venlanne
accusative	gen.	Venlanne	Venlanne
genitive		Venlanne	Venlojenne Venlainne^rare
partitive		Venlaanne	Venlojanne
inessive		Venlassanne	Venloissanne
elative		Venlastanne	Venloistanne
illative		Venlaanne	Venloihinne
adessive		Venlallanne	Venloillanne
ablative		Venlaltanne	Venloiltanne
allative		Venlallenne	Venloillenne
essive		Venlananne	Venloinanne
translative		Venlaksenne	Venloiksenne
abessive		Venlattanne	Venloittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Venloinenne

Venla is the 82^nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 9,349 female individuals (and as a middle name to 936 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.