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Estonian
Proper noun
Irja
- 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 a 1889 play by Gustaf von Numers.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Irja
- 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
Statistics
- Irja is the 97th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 8,010 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,735 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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