Kaija
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Kaija is a contemporary feminine personal name thought to have arisen as a Finnic variant of the name Katrin, or alternatively from Katariina.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- female given name
- Said to be same as
- Q6349039
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- name day
- November 12
- Commons category
- Kaija (given name)
- language of work or name
- Latvian
- native label
- Kaija
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- K200
- Cologne phonetics
- 4
- Caverphone
- KY1111
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Kaija is a contemporary feminine personal name thought to have arisen as a Finnic variant of the name Katrin, or alternatively from Katariina.
Among the people who share this name are: Kaija Aarikka (1929–2014), Finnish designer Kaija Juurikkala (b. 1959), a Finnish film director and screenwriter Kaija Kärkinen (b. 1962), a Finnish singer and actress Kaija Koo (b. 1962 as Kaija Kokkola), a Finnish singer Kaija Lustila (b. 1965), a Finnish singer Kaija Mustonen (b. 1941), a Finnish skater Kaija Pohjola (b. 1951), a Finnish singer Kaija Saariaho née Laakkonen (1952–2023), a Finnish composer Kaija Salopuro (b. 1938), Finnish footballer Kaija Silvennoinen (b. 1954), a Finnish skier Kaija Siren née Tuominen (1920–2001), a Finnish architect Kaija Udras (b. 1986), an Estonian skier
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaija” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.