Kaija

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

Among the people who share this name are:

• 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 (b. 1952), a Finnish composer
• Kaija Silvennoinen (b. 1954), a Finnish skier
• Kaija Siren née Tuominen (1920–2001), a Finnish architect
• Kaija Udras (b. 1986), an Estonian skier

Notes

1. Balodis, Pauls (August 2009). "Personal Names of Livonian Origin in Latvia: Past and Present" (PDF). In Wolfgang Ahrens, Sheila Embleton, André Lapierre (eds.). Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences. 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences. Toronto, Canada: York University. pp. 105–116. ISBN 978-1-55014-521-2. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

General references

• Campbell, Lyle (1998), Historical linguistics: an introduction (Google Books, Preview format) (2 ed.), Massachusetts, United States: MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-53267-9, retrieved 23 April 2011