Rauha

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Finnish

Etymology

19th century creation from rauha (peace).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rauha

  1. a female given name
    • 1985 Heimo Hyttinen, Kannaksen kasvatti, Tampere: Lehtitoimisto Hyttinen, →ISBN, pages 77, 85:
      ―Vai niin. Sen nimi on kuulema Rauha, tuumi Liisa.
      ―Ai Rauha. No rauhaa tääl tarvitaakii. Saa nähä mitä saa aikaseks, rauhal ku on hyvät asseet.
      ( - - - )
      ―Sinä voit sinutella minua, minä olen Rauha. Eikös olekkin hassu nimi?
      Muistin mitä olimme jo Liisan kanssa rouvan nimestä puhuneet ja tunsin kuin jotain lämmintä olisi noussut kasvoilleni.
      ―Miust se on kaunis nim, sitä nimmee on usja mies huulillaa höpist.
      Rouva katsoi minua ihmeissään.
      ―Kuinka niin?
      ―No, sottaa on olt jo niin kaua aikaa, kyl siint rauhast on usja haastant ja usja sitä toivont.
      ―I see. Her name's apparently Rauha, Liisa pondered.
      ―Oh Rauha? Well peace is just what we need. We'll see what she can do, as peace has good weapons.
      ( - - - )
      ―You can just call me 'you', I'm Rauha. Funny name, isn't it?
      I recalled what we had talked about the name with Liisa and I felt something warm rise up to my face.
      ―I think it's a pretty name, something many a man has uttered before.
      The lady looked at me confused.
      ―What do you mean?
      ―Well, the war's been raging for so long that many have been talking about and hoping for peace.
    • 1984, Eira Stenberg, Paratiisin vangit, Tammi, →ISBN, page 35:
      ―Onko sinusta mukava olla Sisko?
      En ollut varma tarkoittiko hän Siskoa vai siskoa.
      ―En tiedä.
      ―Tiedätkö minkä nimen minä olisin halunnut saada? hän kysyi.
      Rauha. Rauha minä olisin halunnut olla.
      ―Would you like to be a Sisko?
      I wasn't sure if that meant Sisko or sisko (sister).
      ―I don't know.
      ―Do you know what name I would've liked to have? she asked.
      Rauha. Rauha is what I wanted to be called.
  2. a Finnish surname

Declension

Inflection of Rauha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Rauha Rauhat
genitive Rauhan Rauhojen
partitive Rauhaa Rauhoja
illative Rauhaan Rauhoihin
singular plural
nominative Rauha Rauhat
accusative nom. Rauha Rauhat
gen. Rauhan
genitive Rauhan Rauhojen
Rauhain rare
partitive Rauhaa Rauhoja
inessive Rauhassa Rauhoissa
elative Rauhasta Rauhoista
illative Rauhaan Rauhoihin
adessive Rauhalla Rauhoilla
ablative Rauhalta Rauhoilta
allative Rauhalle Rauhoille
essive Rauhana Rauhoina
translative Rauhaksi Rauhoiksi
abessive Rauhatta Rauhoitta
instructive Rauhoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Rauha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Rauhani Rauhani
accusative nom. Rauhani Rauhani
gen. Rauhani
genitive Rauhani Rauhojeni
Rauhaini rare
partitive Rauhaani Rauhojani
inessive Rauhassani Rauhoissani
elative Rauhastani Rauhoistani
illative Rauhaani Rauhoihini
adessive Rauhallani Rauhoillani
ablative Rauhaltani Rauhoiltani
allative Rauhalleni Rauhoilleni
essive Rauhanani Rauhoinani
translative Rauhakseni Rauhoikseni
abessive Rauhattani Rauhoittani
instructive
comitative Rauhoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Rauhasi Rauhasi
accusative nom. Rauhasi Rauhasi
gen. Rauhasi
genitive Rauhasi Rauhojesi
Rauhaisi rare
partitive Rauhaasi Rauhojasi
inessive Rauhassasi Rauhoissasi
elative Rauhastasi Rauhoistasi
illative Rauhaasi Rauhoihisi
adessive Rauhallasi Rauhoillasi
ablative Rauhaltasi Rauhoiltasi
allative Rauhallesi Rauhoillesi
essive Rauhanasi Rauhoinasi
translative Rauhaksesi Rauhoiksesi
abessive Rauhattasi Rauhoittasi
instructive
comitative Rauhoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Rauhamme Rauhamme
accusative nom. Rauhamme Rauhamme
gen. Rauhamme
genitive Rauhamme Rauhojemme
Rauhaimme rare
partitive Rauhaamme Rauhojamme
inessive Rauhassamme Rauhoissamme
elative Rauhastamme Rauhoistamme
illative Rauhaamme Rauhoihimme
adessive Rauhallamme Rauhoillamme
ablative Rauhaltamme Rauhoiltamme
allative Rauhallemme Rauhoillemme
essive Rauhanamme Rauhoinamme
translative Rauhaksemme Rauhoiksemme
abessive Rauhattamme Rauhoittamme
instructive
comitative Rauhoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Rauhanne Rauhanne
accusative nom. Rauhanne Rauhanne
gen. Rauhanne
genitive Rauhanne Rauhojenne
Rauhainne rare
partitive Rauhaanne Rauhojanne
inessive Rauhassanne Rauhoissanne
elative Rauhastanne Rauhoistanne
illative Rauhaanne Rauhoihinne
adessive Rauhallanne Rauhoillanne
ablative Rauhaltanne Rauhoiltanne
allative Rauhallenne Rauhoillenne
essive Rauhananne Rauhoinanne
translative Rauhaksenne Rauhoiksenne
abessive Rauhattanne Rauhoittanne
instructive
comitative Rauhoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Rauhansa Rauhansa
accusative nom. Rauhansa Rauhansa
gen. Rauhansa
genitive Rauhansa Rauhojensa
Rauhainsa rare
partitive Rauhaansa Rauhojaan
Rauhojansa
inessive Rauhassaan
Rauhassansa
Rauhoissaan
Rauhoissansa
elative Rauhastaan
Rauhastansa
Rauhoistaan
Rauhoistansa
illative Rauhaansa Rauhoihinsa
adessive Rauhallaan
Rauhallansa
Rauhoillaan
Rauhoillansa
ablative Rauhaltaan
Rauhaltansa
Rauhoiltaan
Rauhoiltansa
allative Rauhalleen
Rauhallensa
Rauhoilleen
Rauhoillensa
essive Rauhanaan
Rauhanansa
Rauhoinaan
Rauhoinansa
translative Rauhakseen
Rauhaksensa
Rauhoikseen
Rauhoiksensa
abessive Rauhattaan
Rauhattansa
Rauhoittaan
Rauhoittansa
instructive
comitative Rauhoineen
Rauhoinensa

Statistics

  • Rauha is the 238th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,292 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,353 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • The surname Rauha belongs to 143 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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