Marjatta (IPA: arjatːa is a Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on the 15th of August. It reached its peak of popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. As of 2013 there were more than 123,000 women registered with this name in Finland. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular female given names ever.

Origin and variants

Marjatta is related to Marja and first appeared in the

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Notable people

Notable people with this name include: *

Marjatta Kajosmaa Ritva Marjatta Kajosmaa (born 3 February 1938 in Vehkalahti) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s. She competed in two Winter Olympics, earning a total of four medals. Kajosmaa also competed several times at the ...

(born 1938), Finnish cross country skier *

Marjatta Moulin Marjatta Moulin (née Heimolainen; 23 November 1926 – 6 November 2018) was a Finnish fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), ...

(born 1926), Finnish fencer *

Marjatta Raita Marjatta Raita (17 February 1944, Pori – 27 September 2007) was a Finnish actress, who was best known for her role as Elisabeth Turhapuro in the Uuno Turhapuro movies directed by Spede Pasanen. Raita also appeared in many other films, althoug ...

(1944-2007), Finnish actress *

Marjatta Tapiola Marjatta Tapiola (born 30 April 1951, Sysmä, Finland) is a Finnish painter. Early life and education Marjatta Tapiola was born in 1951 in Sysmä which is a rural area in Finland. Her father Olli Tapiola was a farmer and her mother Kerttu Tapiol ...

(born 1951), Finnish painter *

Marjatta Väänänen Marjatta Väänänen (9 August 192316 October 2020) was a Finnish politician who was a Member of Parliament for the Centre Party from 1975 to 1991. She served as Minister of Culture, Minister of Education, and Minister of Social Affairs and ...

(1923-2020), Finnish politician

References

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