Seija
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Invented by linguist Yrjö Karilas for his daughter in 1917, from seijas, a dialectal form of sees (“serene, clear”), also by association with Latin Seia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Seija
- a female given name popular in the 1930s and the 1940s
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Seija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Seija | Seijat | |
genitive | Seijan | Seijojen | |
partitive | Seijaa | Seijoja | |
illative | Seijaan | Seijoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Seija | Seijat | |
accusative | nom. | Seija | Seijat |
gen. | Seijan | ||
genitive | Seijan | Seijojen Seijain rare | |
partitive | Seijaa | Seijoja | |
inessive | Seijassa | Seijoissa | |
elative | Seijasta | Seijoista | |
illative | Seijaan | Seijoihin | |
adessive | Seijalla | Seijoilla | |
ablative | Seijalta | Seijoilta | |
allative | Seijalle | Seijoille | |
essive | Seijana | Seijoina | |
translative | Seijaksi | Seijoiksi | |
abessive | Seijatta | Seijoitta | |
instructive | — | Seijoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Seija is the 23rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 20,972 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,507 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.