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Finnish Feminine Names

The names listed here are used in Finland.

AAMU   f   Finnish
Means "morning" in Finnish.

AINA (1)   f   Finnish, Scandinavian
Variant of AINO... [more]

AINO   f   Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Means "the only one" in Finnish... [more]

ALIISA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of ALICE

ALLI   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ADELHEID... [more]

AMALIA   f   Dutch, German, Finnish, Spanish, Italian
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amal, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".

AMANDA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber, who based it on Latin amanda meaning "lovable, worthy of love"... [more]

ANITA   f   Spanish, Finnish
Spanish and Finnish diminutive of ANA

ANJA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene diminutive of ANNA

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNA-LIISA   f   Finnish
Combination of ANNA and LIISA

ANNE (1)   f   French, English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
French form of ANNA... [more]

ANNELI   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANNA

ANNI   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANNA

ANNIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANNA

ANNIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, German, English (Modern)
Swedish diminutive of ANNA

ANNIKKI   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANNA

ANNUKKA   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANNA

ANSA   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish ansio "virtue" or ansa "trap".

ANU (1)   f   Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian diminutive of ANNA

AUNE   f   Finnish
Finnish form of AGNES

AURORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin... [more]

BRITA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Diminutive of BIRGITTA

CAMILLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of CAMILLUS... [more]

CECILIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]

EERIKA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of ERICA

EEVA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of EVA

EEVI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of EVA

EIJA   f   Finnish
Possibly from the Finnish happy exclamation eijaa.

ELEONOORA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of ELEANOR

ELIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of HELEN

ELIISA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of ELISABET

ELINA   f   Finnish, Swedish
Finnish and Swedish form of HELEN

ELISA   f   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, English
Short form of ELISABETH

ELISABET   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of ELIZABETH

ELLI (2)   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ELEONOORA

ELSA   f   English, German, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH

EMILIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMMA   f   English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

ENNI   f   Finnish
Feminine form of EINO

ESTER   f   Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Finnish
Cognate of ESTHER

ESTERI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of ESTHER

EVELIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of EVELINA

FANNI   f   Finnish, Hungarian
Finnish diminutive of FRANCES

HANNA (1)   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Dutch, Icelandic
Cognate of HANNAH

HANNA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Short form of JOHANNA

HANNELE   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of JOHANNA or HANNAH

HEIDI   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
German diminutive of ADELHEID... [more]

HELEENA   f   Finnish
Finnish variant of HELENA

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English
Latinate form of HELEN

HELI (2)   f   Finnish
Diminutive of HELENA

HELKA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of HELGA

HELLÄ   f   Finnish
Means "gentle, tender" in Finnish.

HELMI   f   Finnish, Swedish
Diminutive of VILHELMIINA or VILHELMINA... [more]

HENNA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of HENRY

HENRIIKKA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of HENRY

HILJA   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish hiljaisuus meaning "silence".

HILLEVI   f   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish form of HEILWIG

IIDA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of IDA

IINES   f   Finnish
Finnish form of AGNES

ILMA   f   Finnish
Means "air" in Finnish.

ILONA   f   Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Hungarian form of HELEN

ILTA   f   Finnish
Means "evening" in Finnish.

IMPI   f   Finnish
Means "virgin" in Finnish.

INKA   f   Frisian, Finnish
Frisian and Finnish feminine form of INGE

INKERI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of INGRID

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]

IRINA   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish
Cognate of IRENE

IRJA   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of IRINA

IRMA   f   German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English
German short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ermen, which meant "whole, universal"... [more]

JAANA   f   Finnish
Short form of MARJAANA and other names ending in jaana.

JANINA   f   Polish, Finnish, German, Swedish, Lithuanian
Latinate form of JEANNINE

JENNI (1)   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of JOHANNA

JOHANNA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian
Latinate feminine form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JONNA   f   Danish, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of JOHANNA

JOSEFIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of JOSEPH

JULIA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Latinate feminine form of JULIUS... [more]

KAARINA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of KATHERINE

KAIJA   f   Finnish
Diminutive of KATARIINA

KAISA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian diminutive of KATHERINE

KARIN   f   Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
Swedish short form of KATHERINE

KAROLIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of CAROLUS

KATA   f   Hungarian, Finnish
Hungarian short form of KATALIN and Finnish short form of KATARIINA

KATARIINA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of KATHERINE

KATI   f   Finnish, Hungarian
Finnish diminutive of KATARIINA and Hungarian diminutive of KATALIN

KATRI   f   Finnish
Short form of KATARIINA

KATRIINA   f   Finnish
Short form of KATARIINA

KERTTU   f   Finnish
Finnish form of GERTRUDE

KIELO   f   Finnish
Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish.

KIIRA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of KYRA

KIRSI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of CHRISTINA, or a short form of KIRSIKKA.

KIRSIKKA   f   Finnish
Means "cherry" in Finnish.

KIRSTI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of CHRISTINA

KRISTIINA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of CHRISTINA

KUKKA   f   Finnish
Means "flower" in Finnish.

KYLLI   f   Finnish
Short form of KYLLIKKI

KYLLIKKI   f   Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Possibly derived from an old Finnish word meaning "woman"... [more]

LAHJA   f   Finnish
Means "gift" in Finnish.

LAURA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

LEENA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian short form of HELENA or MATLEENA

LEMPI   f   Finnish
Means "love" in Finnish.

LIINA   f   Finnish
Short form of KAROLIINA

LIISA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian short form of ELISABET or ELIISABET

LIISI   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of ELISABET

LOTTA   f   Swedish, Finnish
Short form of CHARLOTTA

LOVIISA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of LOUIS

LUMI   f   Finnish
Means "snow" in Finnish.

LYYDIA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of LYDIA

LYYTI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of LYDIA

MAARIA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARIA

MAARIKA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Diminutive of MAARIA (Finnish) or MAARJA (Estonian).

MAARIT   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MAIJA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARY

MARI   f   Welsh, Breton, Finnish, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Welsh, Breton, Estonian and Finnish form of MARY, as well as a Hungarian diminutive of MÁRIA... [more]

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIKA   f   Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian
Diminutive of MARY

MARITA (2)   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MARITTA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MARJA   f   Dutch, Finnish
Dutch and Finnish form of MARIA... [more]

MARJAANA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM

MARJATTA   f   Finnish
Diminutive of MARJA

MARJO   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARIA

MARJUKKA   f   Finnish
Diminutive of MARJA

MARJUT   f   Finnish
Diminutive of MARJA

MARKETTA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MARTTA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARTHA

MATILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak
From the Germanic name Mahthildis meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hild "battle"... [more]

MATLEENA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MAGDALENE

MERI   f   Finnish
Means "the sea" in Finnish.

MERJA   f   Finnish
Possibly from the name of an ancient Finnish tribe.

MIIA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MIA

MIINA   f   Finnish
Short form of VILHELMIINA

MILLA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Short form of CAMILLA and other names that end in milla.

MIMMI   f   Finnish
Diminutive of VILHELMIINA

MINNA   f   German, Finnish
German short form of WILHELMINA and a Finnish short form of VILHELMIINA.

MINTTU   f   Finnish
Means "mint" in Finnish.

MIRJA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM

MIRJAM   f   Dutch, German, Finnish
Dutch, German and Finnish form of MIRIAM

MIRJAMI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM

NIINA   f   Finnish
Short form of ANNIINA

NOORA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of NORA

OILI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of OLGA

OLIVIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, German, Finnish
This name was first used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Twelfth Night' (1602)... [more]

ORVOKKI   f   Finnish
Means "pansy flower" in Finnish.

PÄIVÄ   f   Finnish
Means "day" in Finnish.

PÄIVI   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish päivä "day".

PAULA   f   German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAULIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of PAULINA

PETRA   f   Greek, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Hungarian, English
Feminine form of PETER... [more]

PIIA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of PIA

PILVI   f   Finnish
Means "a cloud" in Finnish.

PINJA   f   Finnish
Means "stone pine" in Finnish.

PIRITTA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of BIRGITTA

PIRJO   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of PIRITTA

PIRKKO   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of PIRITTA

PRIITA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of BRITA

RAAKEL   f   Finnish
Finnish form of RACHEL

RAUHA   f   Finnish
Means "peace" in Finnish.

REETA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of MARGARET

REETTA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of MARGARET

RIIKA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of FREDERICA

RIIKKA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of FREDERICA

RIINA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Short form of KATARIINA

RIITTA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of PIRITTA

RITVA   f   Finnish
Means "birch branch" in Finnish.

SAARA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of SARAH

SÄDE   f   Finnish
Means "ray of light" in Finnish.

SAIJA   f   Finnish
Diminutive of SARI

SALLI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of SALLY

SANDRA   f   Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]

SARI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of SARAH

SATU   f   Finnish
Means "fairy tale, fable" in Finnish.

SEIJA   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish seijas meaning "tranquil, serene".

SENJA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of KSENIYA

SIIRI   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of SIGRID

SILJA   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of CECILIA

SINI   f   Finnish
Means "blue" in Finnish... [more]

SINIKKA   f   Finnish
Elaborated form of SINI

SIRPA   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish sirpale "small piece, fragment".

SISKO   f   Finnish
Means "sister" in Finnish.

SOFIA   f   Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish
Variant of SOPHIA

SOHVI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of SOPHIA

SONJA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian
Cognate of SONYA

STIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of CHRISTINA

SUOMA   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish Suomi meaning "Finland".

SUSANNA   f   Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]

SUVI   f   Finnish
Means "summer" in Finnish.

SYLVI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of SILVIA

TÄHTI   f   Finnish (Rare)
Means "star" in Finnish.

TAIKA   f   Finnish (Rare)
Means "magic, spell" in Finnish.

TAIMI   f   Finnish
Means "sapling, young tree" in Finnish.

TAINA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of TATIANA

TANJA   f   German, Finnish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Short form of TATIANA

TARJA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of DARIA

TARU   f   Finnish
Means "legend, myth" in Finnish.

TEA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Short form of THEODORA or DOROTHEA

TEIJA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of DOROTHEA

TERESA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]

TERHI   f   Finnish
Short form of Terhenetär, which was derived from Finnish terhen "mist"... [more]

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

TIIA   f   Finnish
Short form of DOROTHEA

TIINA   f   Finnish
Short form of KRISTIINA

TILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of MATILDA

TOINI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of ANTONIA

TUIJA   f   Finnish
Means "cedar" in Finnish.

TUULA   f   Finnish
Variant of TUULI

TUULI   f   Finnish
Means "wind" in Finnish.

TUULIKKI   f   Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Means "little wind" in Finnish, derived from tuuli "wind"... [more]

TYYNE   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish tyyni "calm, serene".

ULLA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Diminutive of ULRIKA

ULRIIKKA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of ULRICH

ULRIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish
German and Scandinavian feminine form of ULRICH... [more]

URSULA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]

VANAMO   f   Finnish
Means "twinflower" in Finnish.

VAPPU   f   Finnish
Finnish form of WALBURGA

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

VEERA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of VERA (1)

VENLA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of WENDEL

VIENO   f & m   Finnish
Means "gentle" in Finnish.

VIIVI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of VIVIAN

VILHELMIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of WILLIAM

VILHELMINA   f   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish feminine form of WILLIAM

VIRVA   f   Finnish
Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp"... [more]

VUOKKO   f   Finnish
Means "anemone flower" in Finnish.

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