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Marja-Leena

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Marja +‎ Leena

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrjɑˌleːnɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rjɑ̝ˌle̞ːnɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -eːnɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Marja‧Leena

Proper noun

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Marja-Leena

  1. 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

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  • Popular in the 1940s and the 1950s.

Declension

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Inflection of Marja-Leena (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Marja-Leena Marja-Leenat
genitive Marja-Leenan Marja-Leenojen
partitive Marja-Leenaa Marja-Leenoja
illative Marja-Leenaan Marja-Leenoihin
singular plural
nominative Marja-Leena Marja-Leenat
accusative nom. Marja-Leena Marja-Leenat
gen. Marja-Leenan
genitive Marja-Leenan Marja-Leenojen
Marja-Leenain rare
partitive Marja-Leenaa Marja-Leenoja
inessive Marja-Leenassa Marja-Leenoissa
elative Marja-Leenasta Marja-Leenoista
illative Marja-Leenaan Marja-Leenoihin
adessive Marja-Leenalla Marja-Leenoilla
ablative Marja-Leenalta Marja-Leenoilta
allative Marja-Leenalle Marja-Leenoille
essive Marja-Leenana Marja-Leenoina
translative Marja-Leenaksi Marja-Leenoiksi
abessive Marja-Leenatta Marja-Leenoitta
instructive Marja-Leenoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Marja-Leena (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

Statistics

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  • 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.