Kirsi

Kirsi

1. a female given name, variant of Kristiina, also associated with kirss meaning cherry

Kirsi (genitive , partitive )

1. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈkirsi/,
• Rhymes: -irsi
• Syllabification^(key): Kir‧si
• Hyphenation^(key): Kir‧si

A twentieth century variant of Kirsti, also associated with kirsikka (“cherry”) as in the conjoined name Kirsi-Marja (“cherry berry”).

Kirsi

1. a female given name
   • 1956, Kirsi Kunnas, Tiitiäisen satupuu, WSOY, published 1993, →ISBN, page 43:

     Veisaisinpa virsiä
     jos muistuttaisin Kirsiä.
     Jos muistuttaisin Tuomasta
     lakkaisin lauluja luomasta.

     I would I could sing chants
     if I resembled a Kirsi.
     If I resembled a Tuomas
     I'd stop singing those songs.

• Kirsi is the 31^st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 19,274 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,302 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

As a byname/nickname, from Swedish girs (“ruffe”).^[1]

Kirsi

1. a Finnish surname

• The surname Kirsi belongs to 133 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• riksi, riski