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Arja

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Swedish

Origin: Not established
2 language contexts: Danish Finnish
Follow the evidence: 7 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Arja

Arja is a feminine given name documented in Danish and Finnish. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Apparently invented by Eino Leino (who originally used it as a male name) or L. Onerva, for characters in early 20th century poems. Perhaps coined as a variant of Irja (also seemingly originally a male name), but compare also Russian Ария (Arija) (from Ancient Greek Ἀρῐάδνη (Arĭádnē)).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Arja is used

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Across borders

countries in our sources

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5 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United Kingdom

Official statistics

England and Wales, 2025: 3 girls (rank 5927).

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4 of 6 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Arja

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 2; births; Rank #1,792
Peak year: 2020; 4 births

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Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Arja in Switzerland, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	1	1,180	observed
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	1	1,334	observed
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	1	1,372	observed
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	1	1,531	observed
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	1	1,617	observed
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	1	1,674	observed
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	3	1,292	observed
2018	1	1,797	observed
2019	2	1,527	observed
2020	4	1,180	observed
2021	1	1,806	observed
2022	2	1,526	observed
2023	3	1,310	observed
2024	3	1,316	observed
2025	2	1,792	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Arja” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q45924930CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Arja.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Arja

Arja is a feminine given name documented in Danish and Finnish. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Arja is used

Explore official naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Arja’s connections around the world.

5 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United Kingdom

Official statistics

England and Wales, 2025: 3 girls (rank 5927).

Explore United Kingdom

4 of 6 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Arja

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 2; births; Rank #1,792
Peak year: 2020; 4 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Arja in Switzerland, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	1	1,180	observed
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	1	1,334	observed
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	1	1,372	observed
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	1	1,531	observed
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	1	1,617	observed
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	1	1,674	observed
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	3	1,292	observed
2018	1	1,797	observed
2019	2	1,527	observed
2020	4	1,180	observed
2021	1	1,806	observed
2022	2	1,526	observed
2023	3	1,310	observed
2024	3	1,316	observed
2025	2	1,792	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q45924930CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ArjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Arja.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Arja

About Arja

Etymology in the sources

Where Arja is used

Across borders

United Kingdom

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Adja

Aria

Arija

Ārija

Erja

Irja

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Arja

About Arja

Etymology in the sources

Where Arja is used

Across borders

United Kingdom

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Adja

Aria

Arija

Ārija

Erja

Irja

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Arja

Etymology in the sources

Where Arja is used

Across borders

United Kingdom

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Arja

Etymology in the sources

Where Arja is used

Across borders

United Kingdom

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page