Selja
Appearance
See also: selja
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A less common form of Silja (“Cecilia”), also interpreted as a plant name from selja (“elder”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Selja
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Selja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Selja | Seljat | |
genitive | Seljan | Seljojen | |
partitive | Seljaa | Seljoja | |
illative | Seljaan | Seljoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Selja | Seljat | |
accusative | nom. | Selja | Seljat |
gen. | Seljan | ||
genitive | Seljan | Seljojen Seljain rare | |
partitive | Seljaa | Seljoja | |
inessive | Seljassa | Seljoissa | |
elative | Seljasta | Seljoista | |
illative | Seljaan | Seljoihin | |
adessive | Seljalla | Seljoilla | |
ablative | Seljalta | Seljoilta | |
allative | Seljalle | Seljoille | |
essive | Seljana | Seljoina | |
translative | Seljaksi | Seljoiksi | |
abessive | Seljatta | Seljoitta | |
instructive | — | Seljoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Selja is the 512th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 651 female individuals (and as a middle name to 138 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Selja
- (rare) a female given name
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eljɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/eljɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian terms with rare senses
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names