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Tea f Croatian, Slovene, Finnish, Georgian
Short form of Dorothea, Theodora and other names containing a similar sound.

Teija f Finnish
Finnish short form of Dorothea.

Teresa f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Polish, Lithuanian, Finnish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Form of Theresa used in several languages. Saint Teresa of Ávila was a 16th-century Spanish nun who reformed the Carmelite monasteries and wrote several spiritual books. It was also borne by the Albanian missionary Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), better known as Mother Teresa, who worked with the poor in India. She adopted the name in honour of the French saint Thérèse of Lisieux, who is the patron of missionaries.

Terhi f Finnish
Short form of Terhenetär, which was derived from Finnish terhen meaning "mist". In the Finnish epic the Kalevala Terhenetär is a sprite associated with mist and forests.

Terttu f Finnish
Means "bunch, cluster" in Finnish.

Tiia f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian short form of Dorothea.

Tiina f Finnish, Estonian
Short form of Kristiina.

Tilda f English, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of Matilda.

Toini f Finnish
Either a Finnish short form of Antoinette, or from Finnish toinen meaning "second (child)".

Tuija f Finnish
Means "cedar" in Finnish.

Tuula f Finnish
Variant of Tuuli.

Tuuli f Finnish, Estonian
Means "wind" in Finnish and Estonian.

Tuulikki f Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Means "little wind" in Finnish, derived from tuuli "wind". This was the name of a Finnish forest goddess, the daughter of Tapio.

Tyyne f Finnish
Derived from Finnish tyyni meaning "calm, serene".

Ulla f Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German
Scandinavian diminutive of Ulrika or Hulda 1, or a German diminutive of Ursula.

Ulriikka f Finnish (Rare)
Finnish feminine form of Ulrich.

Ursula f English, Swedish, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, Late Roman
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear". Saint Ursula was a legendary virgin princess of the 4th century who was martyred by the Huns while returning from a pilgrimage. In England the saint was popular during the Middle Ages, and the name came into general use at that time.

Valpuri f Finnish
Finnish form of Walburga.

Vanamo f Finnish (Modern)
Means "twinflower" in Finnish.

Vappu f Finnish
Diminutive of Valpuri.

Varpu f Finnish
From the Finnish name for a type of berry bush.

Veera f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of Vera 1.

Venla f Finnish
Finnish feminine form of Wendel.

Vieno f & m Finnish (Rare)
Means "gentle" in Finnish.

Viivi f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of Vivi.

Vilhelmiina f Finnish
Finnish feminine form of William.

Vilja f Finnish, Estonian
Possibly from the Finnish word vilja meaning "cereal, grain" or the Swedish word vilja meaning "will, intent".

Vilma f Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Form of Wilma in several languages.

Viola f English, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Means "violet" in Latin. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night (1602). In the play she is the survivor of a shipwreck who disguises herself as a man named Cesario. Working as a messenger for Duke Orsino, she attempts to convince Olivia to marry him. Instead Viola falls in love with the duke.

Virva f Finnish
Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp". In folklore, will o' the wisp is a floating ball of light that appears over water.

Virve f Estonian, Finnish
From Estonian virves meaning "sprout, shoot" or virve meaning "ripple, shimmer".

Vuokko f Finnish
Means "anemone (flower)" in Finnish.