Vilja

Also Norwegian: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Vilja

Vilja is also Estonian [noted -ed], Swedish, Norwegian (some evidence for this can be seen on the Popularity Chart for Vilja for Norway), and Danish. The name day for Vilja in Estonia is January 27. A known Estonian bearer of this name is Vilja Toomast (an Estonian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament).

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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilja_Toomast
https://forebears.io/x/forenames/vilja
https://et.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilja
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Vilja

Apparently also a Hungarian borrowing of this name: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilja

Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilja

Gender: Feminine

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Usages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish

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Meaning: Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from Finnish vilja "grain; cereal", a derivation from Swedish vilja and Norwegian vilje "will; strong desire" and a feminine form of Viljar.

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https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Vilja

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(Information from name #4029 originally submitted by an anonymous user)

Means "will" in Swedish and is sometimes used as a first name in Sweden.