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Irja

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See also: írja

Estonian

Proper noun

Irja

  1. a female given name borrowed from Finnish Irja

Finnish

Etymology

From a medieval male given name, German Irg, a cognate of English George, revived from the place name Irjala for the heroine of an 1889 play by Gustaf von Numers.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈirjɑ/, [ˈirjɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -irjɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ir‧ja
  • Hyphenation(key): Ir‧ja

Proper noun

Irja

  1. a female given name
    • 1901, Väinö Kataja, “Irja”, in Irja: Tullikavaltajia, Karisto, published 1967, page 39:
      Irja . . . Irja. Kuinka tuo nimi on minusta kaunis ja soma.
      — Onko? Ja toiset sanovat sitä rumaksi. Tunnetteko ketään muuta Irja nimistä henkilöä?
      — En ketään. Mutta olen aina ajatellut, että se on sievä nimi.
      Irja . . . Irja. How I think that name is beautiful and cute.
      — Is it? Some others say it is ugly. Do you know anyone else named Irja?
      — I do not. But I have always considered it a pretty name.
    • ?1939 Kauko Käyhkö, Irja (a song):
      Kerro mulle, Irja rakkahin,
      miksi silmäs täyttyi kyynelin.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Statistics

  • Irja is the 112th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,016 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,669 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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