Saana
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Northern Sami Sána. As a given name also inspired by Saara and Sanna.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Saana
- A fell in Finnish Lapland.
- a female given name of modern usage, transferred from the place name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Saana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Saana | Saanat | |
genitive | Saanan | Saanojen | |
partitive | Saanaa | Saanoja | |
illative | Saanaan | Saanoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Saana | Saanat | |
accusative | nom. | Saana | Saanat |
gen. | Saanan | ||
genitive | Saanan | Saanojen Saanain rare | |
partitive | Saanaa | Saanoja | |
inessive | Saanassa | Saanoissa | |
elative | Saanasta | Saanoista | |
illative | Saanaan | Saanoihin | |
adessive | Saanalla | Saanoilla | |
ablative | Saanalta | Saanoilta | |
allative | Saanalle | Saanoille | |
essive | Saanana | Saanoina | |
translative | Saanaksi | Saanoiksi | |
abessive | Saanatta | Saanoitta | |
instructive | — | Saanoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Saana is the 161st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 4,288 female individuals (and as a middle name to 519 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.