Baby name

RISING GIRL · OLD NORSE-LOW GERMAN
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Finja

/FIN · yah/


“Fair, white”

North German and Scandinavian feminine name, a feminine form derived from Finn or the Old Norse fin meaning from Finland or Sámi person; characteristic of coastal northern Germany.

fin

warm

How it ages.

Fresh and Nordic; one of the more appealing discoveries of the northern German naming revival.

The cultural moment.

Rising in northern Germany and occasionally Sweden since the 2000s; now among the more fashionable northern names.