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Finnish
Etymology
Marja + Leena
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑrjɑˌleːnɑ/,
- Rhymes: -eːnɑ
- Syllabification(key): Mar‧ja‧Lee‧na
Proper noun
Marja-Leena
- a female given name
2005, Jukka-Pekka Palviainen, Hedelmäpeli, Johnny Kniga, →ISBN, page 7:Hänen nimensä on Marja-Leena. Se on asiallinen nimi. Se sopii henkilölle, joka tekee asiallista työtä. Siitä ei tule mitään asiaankuulumattomia mielleyhtymiä. Ei edes minulle.- Her name is Marja-Leena. That's a proper name. It suits a person who does proper work. It doesn't remind me of anything inappropriate. Not even me.
2008, Armas Alvari, Vuodeaikoja, Tammi, →ISBN, page 39:―Peli menee heti poikki, jos siltä vaikuttaa, Marja nousi seisomaan ja harppoi pöydän ympäri. Hän olisi ennemminkin sopinut Marja-Leenaksi, koska oli huomattavan pitkä.- ―We'll stop it right there, if that's what it seems like, Marja stood up and strode around the table. She should've rather named been Marja-Leena, so remarkably tall was she.
Usage notes
- Popular in the 1940s and the 1950s.
Declension
Statistics
- Marja-Leena is the 87th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 9,014 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,983 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.