This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is Finnish.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Riita f FinnishVariant form of
Riitta. Hasn't been used for several years, due to its meaning of "fight" or "row" in Finnish.
Ristiina f FinnishFinnish dialectal form of
Kristiina. Ristiina is also the name of a former municipality in Eastern Finland.
Roine m & f Swedish, Finnish (Rare)From the name of a lake in Häme, Finland. There are theories on the origin of this name, it could've come from Germanic
hreini meaning "clean, clear" or from Pre-Germanic/Baltic
*kroinis meaning "clean"... [
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Runo m & f FinnishFrom Finnish word
runo, which means "poem".
Salla f FinnishA variant of
Salli. Salla is also the name of both a fell and a municipality in Lapland, Finland.
Sanelma f FinnishOld Finnish name of uncertain origin and meaning. One theory, however, connects this name to the Finnish word for "story; poem" and ultimately to the Finnish verb
sanella "to dictate". Sanelma may also be derived from the name
Anelma.
Seita f Sami, Finnish (Rare)Derived from Sami
siei'di meaning "holy stone", "special site where thanks and offerings are given to the spirits", via Proto-Sami
*siejtē and Old Norse
seiðr, both from Proto-Germanic
*saidaz "magic, charm".
Siro f & m FinnishMeans "petite, graceful, delicate, slender" in Finnish. More commonly used as a surname
Siru f FinnishFinnish version of Sigrid. In Finnish language it means "fragment".
Siviä f FinnishModern coinage taken from the word
siviä, a dialectal form of
siveä, meaning "chaste".
Solja f FinnishFemale variant of archaic Finnish masculine name Sotia, meaning unknown.
Solmu m & f FinnishMeans "knot" in Finnish. The name was created by The Finnish Lifelong Learning Foundation (Kansanvalistusseura) as a equivalent for
Knut. It had a name day in the Finnish calendar from 1929 to 1947: the name day was removed because there were too few bearers.
Sulevi m & f FinnishFinnish form of
Sulev. Sulevi have been used by both males and females, but is much more common on males.
Sumu m & f FinnishMeaning "mist, fog, haze" in Finnish.
Suometar f Finnish (Rare, Archaic)Means "Finnish woman", derived from the word Suomi (Finland in Finnish) and combined with a feminine suffix -tar. As a name, Suometar came into use under the influence of the Estonian folk poem "Salme", which Elias Lönnrot translated into Finnish as "Suomettaren kosijat" (Suometar's suitors) in the 1830's... [
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Tiivi f & m Finnish (Rare)Tiivi is an alternative name for such birds as the broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus, more commonly used Finnish name is "jänkäsirriäinen") and the Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii, "lapinsirri")... [
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Tuire f FinnishDerived from the archaic Finnish word
tuiretuinen, which means both "unwise, uncomprehending" and "darling".
Tuovi f & m FinnishDerived from the place name
Tuovila "village of Tove", a village in Finland. It was invented by the Finnish author Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen for a character of his novel "Pohjan-Piltti" (1859).
Tytti f FinnishDerived from the Finnish word
tyttö, meaning "a girl". It has also been used as a pet form of
Tyyne.
Uine f FinnishFrom "uinua" which is one word for sleeping in Finnish.
Ulpu f FinnishDerived from the Finnish word
ulpukka, "spatterdock". It can also be used as a pet form of
Ulla or
Ulriikka.
Ulpukka f FinnishFrom Finnish
ulpukka meaning "spatterdock, yellow water-lily, cow lily, yellow pond-lily (flower)".
Upi m & f FinnishA diminutive of
Urpo, also used as a nickname for other names starting with U.
Valfrid m & f Swedish, FinnishSwedish and Finnish form of
Walafrid and
Waldfrid, much more common as a male name. Valfrid Palmgren (1877-1967), a Swedish politician and teacher, was a famous female bearer of the name.
Valma f Finnish19th-century coinage derived from Finnish
valmu meaning "poppy".
Varma f & m FinnishMeans "sure, certain, reliable" in Finnish.
Vaula f Finnish (Rare)Vaula is both a flower/flowering plant genus ("Asarina" in Latin) and in old Finnish language a little wooden ring that kept a bunch of silver birch branches together in a sauna.
Viena f FinnishVariant of
Vieno. Viena may also refer to the area of White Sea Karelia or White Karelia in the northwestern Russia, known as Vienan Karjala or Viena in Finnish and Karelian.
Virpi f FinnishMeans "sapling" in Finnish, a Finnish equivalent of
Virve. It was coined in the early 20th century.
Winta f FinnishFinnish: old variant of Viita, an ornamental name from Viita, meaning 'forest'. This variant is often not found in Finland anymore. Notable persons with this name: Winta Efrem Negassi (born 20 March 1984) is a Norwegian R&B musician from Oslo, Norway.