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Ritva

“a slender, hanging branch, as of a birch or a willow”

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Swedish

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

01 / Meaning & origin

About Ritva

Ritva is a feminine given name documented in Danish, Finnish and Faroese. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. English Wiktionary gives the meaning “a slender, hanging branch, as of a birch or a willow”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “a slender, hanging branch, as of a birch or a willow”

Late 19th-century invention from ritva, specially associated with the birch tree (ritvakoivu). Likely popularized by Ilmari Kianto's poem Rantakoivu (published in 1898, later popularized as a song composed in 1911).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ritvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Ritva is used

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countries in our sources

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Denmark

Language records

Documented as a given name in Danish.

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03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

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

Finland

2026–2026 Spelling: Ritva

Region and dataset

Recorded category female

Latest · 2026: 24,783; people; Rank #10
Peak year: 2026; 24,783 people

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Source: Digital and Population Data Services Agency · Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

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

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Ritva in Finland, female: people and rank by year
Year	People	Rank	Status
2026	24,783	10	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Ritva” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. 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: Current first given names of living Finnish citizens residing in Finland or abroad in the Population Information System as of 2026-08-03; extracted 2026-08-04. Foreign citizens, deceased persons and former names excluded. Only the first-name sheets are used.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Names occurring fewer than five times are omitted. Absence is unknown, not zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Released 2026-08-04 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

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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 Q10655899CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ritvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

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

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

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

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 Ritva

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “a slender, hanging branch, as of a birch or a willow”

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ritvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Ritva 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 Ritva’s connections around the world.

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

Selected country

Denmark

Language records

Documented as a given name in Danish.

Explore Denmark

2 of 2 countries

Popularity over time

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

Finland

2026–2026 Spelling: Ritva

Region and dataset

Recorded category female

Latest · 2026: 24,783; people; Rank #10
Peak year: 2026; 24,783 people

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

Source: Digital and Population Data Services Agency · Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

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

Show the data table

Ritva in Finland, female: people and rank by year
Year	People	Rank	Status
2026	24,783	10	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

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

Universe: Current first given names of living Finnish citizens residing in Finland or abroad in the Population Information System as of 2026-08-03; extracted 2026-08-04. Foreign citizens, deceased persons and former names excluded. Only the first-name sheets are used.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Names occurring fewer than five times are omitted. Absence is unknown, not zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Released 2026-08-04 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

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 Q10655899CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: RitvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ritvaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

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

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

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

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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Where Ritva is used

Across borders

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Popularity over time

Finland

History

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A story to pass on.

About Ritva

Meaning in the sources

Where Ritva is used

Across borders

Denmark

Popularity over time

Finland

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

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