Kaija

Female given name

Kaija is a contemporary feminine personal name thought to have arisen as a Finnic variant of the name Katrin, or alternatively from Katariina.[1]

Among the people who share this name are:

* Kaija Aarikka (1929-2014), Finnish designer
* Kaija Juurikkala (b. 1959), a Finnish film director and screenwriter
* 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 (1952–2023), a Finnish composer
* Kaija Salopuro (b. 1938), Finnish footballer
* Kaija Silvennoinen (b. 1954), a Finnish skier
* Kaija Siren née Tuominen (1920–2001), a Finnish architect
* Kaija Udras (b. 1986), an Estonian skier

## Notes

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1. ^ Balodis, Pauls (August 2009). "Personal Names of Livonian Origin in Latvia: Past and Present" (PDF). In Wolfgang Ahrens; Sheila Embleton; André Lapierre (eds.). 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. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

### General references

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* Campbell, Lyle (1998), Historical linguistics: an introduction (Google Books, Preview format) (2 ed.), Massachusetts, United States: MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-53267-9, retrieved 23 April 2011

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