Kaija Explained

Kaija is a contemporary feminine personal name thought to have arisen as a Finnic variant of the name Katrin, or alternatively from Katariina.^[1]

Among the people who share this name are:

• Kaija Aarikka (1929-2014), Finnish designer
• Kaija Juurikkala (b. 1959), a Finnish film director and screenwriter
• Kaija Kärkinen (b. 1962), a Finnish singer and actress
• Kaija Koo (b. 1962 as Kaija Kokkola), a Finnish singer
• Kaija Lustila (b. 1965), a Finnish singer
• Kaija Mustonen (b. 1941), a Finnish skater
• Kaija Pohjola (b. 1951), a Finnish singer
• Kaija Saariaho née Laakkonen (1952–2023), a Finnish composer
• Kaija Salopuro (b. 1938), Finnish footballer
• Kaija Silvennoinen (b. 1954), a Finnish skier
• Kaija Siren née Tuominen (1920–2001), a Finnish architect
• Kaija Udras (b. 1986), an Estonian skier

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General references

Notes and References

1. Personal Names of Livonian Origin in Latvia: Past and Present . Pauls . Balodis . August 2009 . 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences . PDF . http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/handle/10315/2901 . Wolfgang Ahrens . Sheila Embleton . André Lapierre. 978-1-55014-521-2 . Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences . . Toronto, Canada . 105–116 . 23 April 2011 .