Kaija is a contemporary feminine
personal name
A personal name, or full name, in onomastic terminology also known as prosoponym (from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον / ''prósōpon'' - person, and ὄνομα / ''onoma'' - name), is the set of names by which an individual person is known ...
thought to have arisen as a
Finnic variant of the
Katrin, or alternatively from
Katariina.
Among the people who share this name are:
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Kaija Aarikka (1929-2014), Finnish designer
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Kaija Juurikkala (b. 1959), a Finnish film director and screenwriter
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Kaija Kärkinen (b. 1962), a Finnish singer and actress
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Kaija Koo (b. 1962 as Kaija Kokkola), a Finnish singer
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Kaija Lustila (b. 1965), a Finnish singer
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Kaija Mustonen (b. 1941), a Finnish skater
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Kaija Pohjola (b. 1951), a Finnish singer
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Kaija Saariaho née Laakkonen (b. 1952), a Finnish composer
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Kaija Salopuro (b. 1938), Finnish footballer
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Kaija Silvennoinen (b. 1954), a Finnish skier
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Kaija Siren née Tuominen (1920–2001), a Finnish architect
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Kaija Udras (b. 1986), an Estonian skier
Notes
General references
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{{Given name
Uralic personal names
Estonian feminine given names
Finnish feminine given names