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356Maila is a Finnish feminine given name, a diminutive of Maria. Derived from the Latin form Maria, which itself originates from the Greek Μαρία (Mari'a) and the Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miriam), the name ultimately reaches back to...
Maire is a Finnish and Estonian feminine given name derived from the Finnish word mairea, meaning "gushing" or "sugary." The name evokes a sweet, lively, or charming personality, reflecting the qualities of the word's ro...
Margareeta is a Finnish and Estonian variant form of Margaret. The name ultimately derives from Latin Margarita, which came from Greek μαργαρίτης (margarites), meaning "pearl". This Greek word was probably borrowed from...
Margareta is a female given name in several European languages, including Croatian, Finnish, German, Romanian, Slovene, and Swedish. It is a form of Margaret, which ultimately derives from the Greek word margarites (μαργ...
Mari is a feminine given name used in many European languages, serving as a form of Maria or Marie. It is the Estonian, Finnish, Welsh, and Breton form of Maria, a Hungarian diminutive of Mária, and a Scandinavian, Georg...
Maria is a feminine given name used in numerous languages, including Armenian, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Corsican, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, Frisian, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Occitan...
Marianna is a feminine given name used in numerous languages, including English, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Russian, and Slovak. It is a combination of Maria and Anna, though it can al...
Etymology and OriginsMarianne is a feminine given name that combines Marie and Anne 1, though it can also be considered a variant of Mariana or Mariamne. The name Marie is the French and Czech form of Maria, derived ulti...
Marika is a feminine given name used widely across Europe and beyond, serving as a diminutive of Maria and other names beginning with Mari. Its origins trace back to the Hungarian and Greek forms of Maria, which ultimate...
Marina is a feminine given name widely used across many cultures. It is the feminine form of the Latin name Marinus, which itself derives either from the Roman family name Marius or directly from the Latin word marinus m...
Marita is a feminine given name that functions as a Diminutive of Maria. It is used in Dutch, Finnish, German, and Spanish-speaking regions, among others. The name carries the warmth and familiarity often associated with...
Maritta is a Finnish diminutive of Maria, which itself traces back to the Hebrew name Mary. In Finland, this feminine name has been in use since the early 20th century, reflecting the common Nordic tendency to create aff...
Marja is a female given name that functions principally as a Finnish and Sorbian form of Maria, and it is also used as a Dutch variant of the same name.In Finnish, the name means "berry", which gives it a distinct connec...
Marjaana is a Finnish feminine given name. It is considered a Finnish form of Mariana, which in turn derives from Marianus, ultimately from Marius, a Roman family name possibly related to the god Mars or the Latin word f...
Marja-Leena is a Finnish compound given name, combining Marja and Leena. Both components are Finnish forms of the name Maria, which itself derives from the Hebrew name Miriam. The name Marja also means "berry" in Finnish...
Marja-Liisa is a Finnish compound given name, combining Marja and Liisa. The name was especially popular in the 1940s and 1950s in Finland. According to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agen...
Marjatta is a Finnish female given name, derived as a diminutive of Marja, the Finnish form of Maria. The name gained popularity in the 20th century and remains a classic in Finland. Etymology and Origins Marjatta is a d...
Marje is a feminine given name used in Estonia and Finland, functioning as a variant of Maarja (in Estonian) or Marja (in Finnish). Both of these names ultimately derive from Maria, the Latin form of Greek Μαρία, which i...
Marjo is a Finnish and Dutch feminine given name, serving as a form of Maria.In Finland and the Netherlands, Marjo emerged as a variant of Maria, itself a Latin form of the Greek Μαρία and Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miriam). The na...
Marjukka is a Finnish feminine given name, functioning as a diminutive of Marja. The name Marja itself means "berry" in Finnish and also serves as the Finnish form of Maria. The suffix -ukka (as in Marja + -ukka) is a co...
Marjut is a Finnish diminutive of Marja, which itself is the Finnish and Sorbian form of Maria and also means "berry" in Finnish. Ultimately, Maria derives from Hebrew miryam, the name of the mother of Jesus in Christian...
Marketta is the Finnish form of Margaret. The name Margaret is derived from Latin Margarita, which originated from the Greek word μαργαρίτης (margarites), meaning "pearl." This Greek term was itself likely borrowed from...
Martta is the Finnish form of Martha, a name deriving from the Aramaic marta meaning, “the lady, the mistress.” The root word is mar (master), making Martha the feminine counterpart associated with authority and househol...
Matilda is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, derived from the Old High German elements maht 'might, strength' and hilt 'battle', giving it the meaning 'strength in battle'. The name originally appeared as Mahthil...
Matleena is a Finnish female given name, derived from the biblical name Magdalene. Specifically, it is a contraction of Magdaleena, the Finnish form of Magdalene. The name is rooted in the New Testament figure Mary Magda...
Meeri is a Finnish feminine given name, a short form or variant of Maria, itself cognate with Mary. The name is particularly current in Finland, where it has been in use since the early 20th century, gaining moderate pop...
Meri is a Finnish feminine given name that directly derives from the Finnish word for "sea." This nature-inspired name reflects a common Nordic onomastic tradition of drawing from natural elements, such as Ahti (water de...
Merja is a Finnish feminine given name with origins possibly linked to the name of an ancient Finnish tribe. The exact etymology remains uncertain, but it is thought to derive from tribal names that were common in pre-Ch...
Mervi is a Finnish feminine given name derived from the name of a Finnish village, now part of the municipality of Hattula in the region of Kanta-Häme. The name's origin reflects a tradition of using place names as perso...
Miia is the Finnish form of Mia, a name that originated as a diminutive of Maria. While Mia has become a popular name globally, Miia specifically represents the Finnish adaptation, often pronounced with a distinct Finnis...
Miina is a Finnish feminine given name, typically short for Vilhelmiina, which itself is the Finnish feminine form of William. The root name William derives from the Germanic name Willehelm, composed of the elements will...
Mikaela is a feminine given name used in Swedish, Finnish, and English contexts. In Swedish and Finnish, it is the feminine form of Mikael, while in English it is a variant of Michaela. All these names ultimately derive...
Milja is a Finnish short form of Emilia, which itself derives from the Latin Aemilius, a Roman family name ultimately related to Emily. The name Emilia gained prominence through literary and royal connections, including...
Milka is a Finnish and Polish diminutive of Emilia. As a feminine given name, it carries the charm of a shortened form while retaining its connection to the ancient Roman family name Aemilius, which ultimately derives fr...
Milla is a short form of Camilla, Ludmilla, and other names ending in milla. It is used across several European countries including Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Norway, and Sweden.The name gains its primary lineage from Ca...
Mimmi is a feminine given name used primarily in Finland and Sweden, and it also appears as a surname in some cultures. As a given name, it functions as a diminutive of the longer names Vilhelmina (Swedish and Lithuanian...
Minea is a feminine given name that originated as a literary creation by the Finnish writer Mika Waltari for a character in his historical novel The Egyptian (1945). The name remains very rare globally, primarily used in...
Minna is a feminine given name with roots in Old German, where it means "love" — specifically, the concept of courtly love in medieval chivalric tradition. This semantic origin connects the name to a cultural ideal of no...
Minttu is a Finnish female given name that directly translates to ʺmintʺ in the Finnish language. As a given name, Minttu belongs to the category of Finnish nature names, which draw inspiration from elements of the natur...
Mirja is a Finnish feminine given name, derived as a form of Miriam, which itself originates from the Hebrew Mary (Miryam). In the Old Testament, Miriam was the sister of Moses and Aaron, who watched over the infant Mose...
Mirjam is a feminine given name used in Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, and Slovene, serving as a form of the Hebrew-derived Miriam.Etymology and Biblical OriginMiriam is the name of a prominent figure in the Old Testa...
Mirjami is a Finnish female given name, a vernacular form of Miriam. It ultimately derives from the biblical name Miriam, the elder sister of Moses and Aaron in the Old Testament. The name has deep roots in Judeo-Christi...
Mirka is a diminutive of Mirjami, the Finnish form of Miriam. The feminine given name Mirka is used primarily in Finland, where it serves as an affectionate short form derived from Mirjami. Through its etymological chain...
Monica is a female given name of uncertain etymology, most likely of Berber or Phoenician origin. Its earliest known bearer is Saint Monica (c. 332–387), the mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo, a North African saint who...
Monika is a widespread variant of the name Monica, favored across Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe as well as in parts of Asia. Its usage spans Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Latvian,...
Nea is a Finnish and Swedish feminine given name, primarily used as a short form of Linnéa. Linnéa itself derives from the name of the twinflower (Linnaea borealis), which was named in honor of the illustrious Swedish bo...
Neea is a Finnish short form of the name Linnea, which itself is derived from Linnéa, a name given after the twinflower (Linnaea borealis). This delicate, pink woodland flower was the favorite of Swedish botanist Carl vo...
Nelli is a feminine given name used in Finnish, Hungarian, Russian, and Ukrainian. It is a form of Nellie, which itself originated as a diminutive of names such as Eleanor, Ellen, and Helen. Etymology The chain of develo...
Niina is a feminine given name used in Finland and Estonia. In Finnish, it originated as a short form of Anniina, a Finnish diminutive of Anna. It is also used in both Finnish and Estonian as a form of Nina 1, a name of...
Nina is a feminine given name used widely across Europe and beyond, found in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbi...
Noora is a Finnish given name that serves as the Finnish form of Nora. Nora itself originated as a short form of Honora or Eleanor, and it was popularized internationally by Henrik Ibsen's character in the 1879 play A Do...
Oili is a Finnish feminine given name, functioning as a vernacular form of Olga. The name reflects the Finnish language's tendency to adapt foreign names into native phonetic patterns, with the medial "l" replacing the o...
Olga is a feminine given name that originated as the Russian form of the Old Norse name Helga. The name is derived from the Old Norse adjective heilagr, meaning 'prosperous' or 'successful'. It was brought to Eastern Eur...
Olivia is a feminine given name of Latin origin, derived from the word oliva meaning "olive." The name was popularized by William Shakespeare, who used it for a character in his comedy Twelfth Night (1602). In the play,...
Onerva is a Finnish feminine given name, coined in the late 19th century from an archaic Finnish word meaning "aftergrass, hay grown after harvesting" – the so-called aftermath of plants.EtymologyThe name derives from th...
Oona is a feminine given name most commonly used in Finland and Ireland. It is primarily an anglicized form of the Irish name Úna, while also functioning as a Finnish form directly derived from the same Irish source. The...
Orvokki is a Finnish feminine given name derived from the word orvokki, meaning "pansy, violet" in Finnish. It belongs to a tradition of Finnish nature names, where floral vocabulary is adapted as personal names. The nam...
Outi is a Finnish female given name, particularly common in Karelian and Eastern Finnish traditions. It is the Karelian Finnish form of Avdotya, which itself is a Russian form of Eudocia. Ultimately, the name traces back...
Etymology and MeaningPäivä is a Finnish female given name meaning "day" in the Finnish language. It is derived directly from the common noun päivä, which refers to the period of daylight or a calendar day. The name belon...
Päivi is a Finnish female given name directly derived from the Finnish word päivä, meaning "day". The name is part of a broader tradition in Finnish naming that draws on natural elements and common vocabulary, endowing t...