Kaija

Kaija is a contemporary feminine personal name thought to have arisen as a Finno-Ugric variant of the Katrin, or alternatively from Katariina.^[1] Finnish and Estonian are part of the Finno-Ugric language group.^[2]^[3]

Among the people who share this name are:

Kaija Halonen (b. bef. 1977), a Finnish skier
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. bef. 1980), a Finnish skier
Kaija Siren née Tuominen (1920–2001), a Finnish architect
Kaija Udras (b. 1986), an Estonian skier

Notes

^ Balodis, Pauls (August 2009). "Personal Names of Livonian Origin in Latvia: Past and Present". In Wolfgang Ahrens, Sheila Embleton, André Lapierre (eds.) (PDF). 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. http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10315/3615/icos23_105.pdf?sequence=1. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
^ Campbell 1998, pg. 154.
^ Campbell 1998, pg. 34

General references

Campbell, Lyle (1998) (Google Books, Preview format), Historical linguistics: an introduction (2 ed.), Massachusetts, United States: MIT Press, ISBN 9780262532679, http://books.google.com/books?id=EjXrrOJhex8C&source=gbs_navlinks_s, retrieved 23 April 2011

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