Kaija
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From a diminutive of Katariina (“Catherine”). Cognate with Estonian Kaia.
Proper noun
[edit]Kaija
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Kaija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kaija | Kaijat | |
genitive | Kaijan | Kaijojen | |
partitive | Kaijaa | Kaijoja | |
illative | Kaijaan | Kaijoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kaija | Kaijat | |
accusative | nom. | Kaija | Kaijat |
gen. | Kaijan | ||
genitive | Kaijan | Kaijojen Kaijain rare | |
partitive | Kaijaa | Kaijoja | |
inessive | Kaijassa | Kaijoissa | |
elative | Kaijasta | Kaijoista | |
illative | Kaijaan | Kaijoihin | |
adessive | Kaijalla | Kaijoilla | |
ablative | Kaijalta | Kaijoilta | |
allative | Kaijalle | Kaijoille | |
essive | Kaijana | Kaijoina | |
translative | Kaijaksi | Kaijoiksi | |
abessive | Kaijatta | Kaijoitta | |
instructive | — | Kaijoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Kaija is the 60th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 11,436 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,512 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Etymology 2
[edit]Akin to kajava.
Proper noun
[edit]Kaija
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Kaija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kaija | Kaijat | |
genitive | Kaijan | Kaijojen | |
partitive | Kaijaa | Kaijoja | |
illative | Kaijaan | Kaijoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kaija | Kaijat | |
accusative | nom. | Kaija | Kaijat |
gen. | Kaijan | ||
genitive | Kaijan | Kaijojen Kaijain rare | |
partitive | Kaijaa | Kaijoja | |
inessive | Kaijassa | Kaijoissa | |
elative | Kaijasta | Kaijoista | |
illative | Kaijaan | Kaijoihin | |
adessive | Kaijalla | Kaijoilla | |
ablative | Kaijalta | Kaijoilta | |
allative | Kaijalle | Kaijoille | |
essive | Kaijana | Kaijoina | |
translative | Kaijaksi | Kaijoiksi | |
abessive | Kaijatta | Kaijoitta | |
instructive | — | Kaijoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Statistics
[edit]- Kaija is the 2306th (tied with 6 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 353 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.