Finnish Baby Names for Girls

If you are looking for an unusual way to honor an ancestral Mary or Miriam, Mirja might make a good choice. Zero baby girls were given this name in the US in 2014. The rising popularity of Anja has schooled English speakers that the j is pronounced like a y.

Pipsa is a nickname for the Finnish names PIpkka and Pirjo, both of which are variations of Bridget. In Finland, Peppa Pig is called Pipsa Possu.

A vintage Finnish name most common in the early 20th century.

A covert fruit name for non-Finnish speakers.

Hilma is heard in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, and sometimes used as a shortening of Wilhelmina--though there are more appealing German names for girls. to be found. Hilma Wolitzer is an American novelist and the mother of author Meg Wolitzer.

This pretty Finnish name is a diminutive of a diminutive, going from Sarah to Sari to Saija.

An attractive and easily translatable Finnish name.

A European nickname for Katherine variations.

A more accessible variation of Kyllikki, a Finnish mythological name.

An attractive name that's uncommon even in its native Finland. Onneli ja Anneli is a Finnish children's movie translated to English as Jill and Joy, although the names are unrelated.

While its Yiddish use has died out, Sirke is seen today in Nordic countries, most commonly Finland. Sirke is a form of Sirkka, but it may also be related to the Finnish word sirkeä, meaning "lively."

Most famously borne by Loja Saarinen, a Finnish-American artist and wife of architect Eliel Saarinen. She was born Minna Carolina Mathilde Louise Gesellius and went by Louise or Loja.

A rare feminine form of Even, a common Norwegian boy name.

A sweet Finnish nature name, meaning "cloud".

Pinja fell off the Finnish popularity charts in 2013.

Euli is a nickname for Eulaalia, the Finnish variation of the Greek name Eulalia.

Sisko is the Finnish word for "sister." It was most popular in Finland from the 1930s-1970s.