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Female Name
Usage
Finnish
Swedish
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Origin and Meaning
Finnish pet form of Marja (inspired by Marjetta) [1] [2]
Related Names
Name Day
Finland
|
15 August
|
Further Information
Strongest Period of Usage
Finnish Mythology
- In the Kalevala, Marjatta is a young virgin. She becomes pregnant from eating a lingonberry. When her labour begins she is expelled from her parents' home and leaves to find a place where she can sauna and give birth. She is turned away from numerous places but finally finds a place in the forest and gives birth to a son. Marjatta's son is later condemned to death by Väinämöinen for being born out of wedlock. The boy in turn chastises Väinämöinen and is later crowned King of Karelia. [3]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Finland[4] |
|
n.a. |
124077 |
n.a. |
124077 |
0 |
0 |
Sweden[5] |
|
473 |
4132 |
473 |
4132 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[6] |
|
5 |
n.a. |
5 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Norway[7] |
|
8 |
n.a. |
8 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[8] |
|
0 |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[9] |
|
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Marjatta.
References
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Elias Lönnrot: Kalevala (1835)
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/