Salla

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English

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Salla

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Salla

2. A municipality of Lapland, Finland.

Translations

municipality

Chinese: Mandarin: 薩拉 / 萨拉 (Sàlā) Finnish: Salla (fi) Swedish: Salla n

Anagrams

• la-la-s, la-las, salal

Finnish

Etymology

From Northern Sami Salla. As a given name also inspired by Salli and Saara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlːɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Sal‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): Sal‧la

Proper noun

Salla

1. (uncountable) Salla (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)

   Synonym: (before 1936) Kuolajärvi

2. a female given name transferred from the place name
   • 2007, Esa Sariola: Valtakirja, →ISBN, page 7:

     Inkeri. Mitä varten niin pienellä tytöllä oli sellainen nimi? Minä tiesin, koska olin kysynyt. Nimi tuli Sallan isoäidiltä, eikä sillä hänen tietääkseen ollut mitään erityisempää merkitystä. Se oli vain kaunis nimi, jonka hän halusi säilyttää suvussa. Niinhän ne nimet kiertävät. Mutta kyllä sillä merkitys oli. Hänellä oli nimittäin myös isosetä, nimeltään Aunus, ja isotäti Viena. Aunus, Inkeri, Viena ja Salla, rajantakaista Karjalaa kaikki paitsi Salla, mutta sieltäkin oli Neuvostoliitto sodassa riistänyt ison palan. Historia eli pienessä tytössä, jonka hänen äitinsä oli omien isovanhempiensa esimerkin mukaan nimennyt kenties ajattelematta, että aikanaan nimi oli julistanut Suur-Suomea ja heimoaatetta, luultavasti heimosotiakin.

     Inkeri. What for did such a young girl have a name like that? I knew, since I had asked that question. The name came from Salla's grandmother, and as far as she knew, it didn't have any special meaning. It was just a beautiful name that she wanted to keep going in the family. That's how names tend to go, after all. But it did have a meaning. She also had a great uncle named Aunus, and a great aunt named Viena. Aunus, Inkeri, Viena and Salla, all in the ceded Karelia except for Salla, which too had had a large piece taken off it by the Soviets after the war. That little girl had a piece of history living in her, that her mother had named after her grandparents' example perhaps without thinking about how the name had once stood for Greater Finland and heimoaate, perhaps even for the Heimosodat.

3. a Finnish surname transferred from the place name

Declension

• (municipality): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Salla" is Sallassa.

Inflection of Salla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Salla	Sallat
genitive		Sallan	Sallojen
partitive		Sallaa	Salloja
illative		Sallaan	Salloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Salla	Sallat
accusative	nom.	Salla	Sallat
	gen.	Sallan
genitive		Sallan	Sallojen Sallain rare
partitive		Sallaa	Salloja
inessive		Sallassa	Salloissa
elative		Sallasta	Salloista
illative		Sallaan	Salloihin
adessive		Sallalla	Salloilla
ablative		Sallalta	Salloilta
allative		Sallalle	Salloille
essive		Sallana	Salloina
translative		Sallaksi	Salloiksi
abessive		Sallatta	Salloitta
instructive		—	Salloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sallani Sallani accusative nom. Sallani Sallani gen. Sallani genitive Sallani Sallojeni Sallaini rare partitive Sallaani Sallojani inessive Sallassani Salloissani elative Sallastani Salloistani illative Sallaani Salloihini adessive Sallallani Salloillani ablative Sallaltani Salloiltani allative Sallalleni Salloilleni essive Sallanani Salloinani translative Sallakseni Salloikseni abessive Sallattani Salloittani instructive — — comitative — Salloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sallasi Sallasi accusative nom. Sallasi Sallasi gen. Sallasi genitive Sallasi Sallojesi Sallaisi rare partitive Sallaasi Sallojasi inessive Sallassasi Salloissasi elative Sallastasi Salloistasi illative Sallaasi Salloihisi adessive Sallallasi Salloillasi ablative Sallaltasi Salloiltasi allative Sallallesi Salloillesi essive Sallanasi Salloinasi translative Sallaksesi Salloiksesi abessive Sallattasi Salloittasi instructive — — comitative — Salloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sallamme Sallamme accusative nom. Sallamme Sallamme gen. Sallamme genitive Sallamme Sallojemme Sallaimme rare partitive Sallaamme Sallojamme inessive Sallassamme Salloissamme elative Sallastamme Salloistamme illative Sallaamme Salloihimme adessive Sallallamme Salloillamme ablative Sallaltamme Salloiltamme allative Sallallemme Salloillemme essive Sallanamme Salloinamme translative Sallaksemme Salloiksemme abessive Sallattamme Salloittamme instructive — — comitative — Salloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sallanne Sallanne accusative nom. Sallanne Sallanne gen. Sallanne genitive Sallanne Sallojenne Sallainne rare partitive Sallaanne Sallojanne inessive Sallassanne Salloissanne elative Sallastanne Salloistanne illative Sallaanne Salloihinne adessive Sallallanne Salloillanne ablative Sallaltanne Salloiltanne allative Sallallenne Salloillenne essive Sallananne Salloinanne translative Sallaksenne Salloiksenne abessive Sallattanne Salloittanne instructive — — comitative — Salloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Sallansa Sallansa accusative nom. Sallansa Sallansa gen. Sallansa genitive Sallansa Sallojensa Sallainsa rare partitive Sallaansa Sallojaan Sallojansa inessive Sallassaan Sallassansa Salloissaan Salloissansa elative Sallastaan Sallastansa Salloistaan Salloistansa illative Sallaansa Salloihinsa adessive Sallallaan Sallallansa Salloillaan Salloillansa ablative Sallaltaan Sallaltansa Salloiltaan Salloiltansa allative Sallalleen Sallallensa Salloilleen Salloillensa essive Sallanaan Sallanansa Salloinaan Salloinansa translative Sallakseen Sallaksensa Salloikseen Salloiksensa abessive Sallattaan Sallattansa Salloittaan Salloittansa instructive — — comitative — Salloineen Salloinensa

Derived terms

• sallalainen

Statistics

• Salla is the 133^rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,461 female individuals (and as a middle name to 508 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Salla belongs to 224 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

See also

• other female names from places in Lapland: Saana, Inari

Further reading

• Salla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• allas

Northern Sami

Etymology

Unknown. Has been compared to Lule Sami sálla (“crack, crevasse”), but the similarity may be a coincidence.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsalːla/

Proper noun

Salˈla

1. Salla (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)

Inflection

Even a-stem, lˈl-ll gradation
Nominative	Salˈla
Genitive	Salla
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Salˈla	—
Accusative	Salla	—
Genitive	Salla	—
Illative	Salˈlii	—
Locative	Sallas	—
Comitative	Sallain	—
Essive	Salˈlan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person Salˈlan Salˈlame Salˈlamet 2nd person Salˈlat Salˈlade Salˈladet 3rd person Salˈlas Salˈlaska Salˈlaset

Descendants

• → Finnish: Salla

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland