Estonian origin
Source-reportedFrom Estonian tera "grain", or from Terhenetär in the Kalevala, Finnish terhen "mist".
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: TerjeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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A name. A world of connections.
Estonian roots
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Terje is a unisex given name documented in Estonian and Norwegian Nynorsk. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Separate records with matching spellings: Terje (Estonian, Norwegian Nynorsk)
2 source accounts
From Estonian tera "grain", or from Terhenetär in the Kalevala, Finnish terhen "mist".
Variant of Torgeir (see that).
02 / Across borders
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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
4 of 4 countries
03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Terje
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 568 | 10 | observed |
| 1946 | 669 | 9 | observed |
| 1947 | 634 | 9 | observed |
| 1948 | 620 | 9 | observed |
| 1949 | 638 | 8 | observed |
| 1950 | 604 | 8 | observed |
| 1951 | 603 | 8 | observed |
| 1952 | 645 | 6 | observed |
| 1953 | 676 | 6 | observed |
| 1954 | 678 | 6 | observed |
| 1955 | 668 | 6 | observed |
| 1956 | 668 | 7 | observed |
| 1957 | 656 | 7 | observed |
| 1958 | 650 | 7 | observed |
| 1959 | 642 | 6 | observed |
| 1960 | 647 | 5 | observed |
| 1961 | 608 | 8 | observed |
| 1962 | 622 | 6 | observed |
| 1963 | 620 | 7 | observed |
| 1964 | 644 | 6 | observed |
| 1965 | 724 | 5 | observed |
| 1966 | 636 | 6 | observed |
| 1967 | 641 | 6 | observed |
| 1968 | 605 | 9 | observed |
| 1969 | 611 | 9 | observed |
| 1970 | 554 | 9 | observed |
| 1971 | 527 | 11 | observed |
| 1972 | 428 | 13 | observed |
| 1973 | 347 | 18 | observed |
| 1974 | 327 | 23 | observed |
| 1975 | 296 | 22 | observed |
| 1976 | 274 | 24 | observed |
| 1977 | 225 | 30 | observed |
| 1978 | 224 | 34 | observed |
| 1979 | 195 | 39 | observed |
| 1980 | 186 | 40 | observed |
| 1981 | 179 | 43 | observed |
| 1982 | 162 | 45 | observed |
| 1983 | 156 | 49 | observed |
| 1984 | 130 | 59 | observed |
| 1985 | 113 | 67 | observed |
| 1986 | 98 | 76 | observed |
| 1987 | 88 | 86 | observed |
| 1988 | 105 | 71 | observed |
| 1989 | 74 | 105 | observed |
| 1990 | 60 | 124 | observed |
| 1991 | 57 | 130 | observed |
| 1992 | 53 | 129 | observed |
| 1993 | 46 | 145 | observed |
| 1994 | 37 | 170 | observed |
| 1995 | 27 | 207 | observed |
| 1996 | 30 | 189 | observed |
| 1997 | 23 | 221 | observed |
| 1998 | 15 | 280 | observed |
| 1999 | 15 | 276 | observed |
| 2000 | 10 | 355 | observed |
| 2001 | 16 | 266 | observed |
| 2002 | 7 | 394 | observed |
| 2003 | 11 | 321 | observed |
| 2004 | 6 | 432 | observed |
| 2005 | 6 | 445 | observed |
| 2006 | 12 | 310 | observed |
| 2007 | 10 | 360 | observed |
| 2008 | 5 | 493 | observed |
| 2009 | 9 | 392 | observed |
| 2010 | 5 | 489 | observed |
| 2011 | 5 | 481 | observed |
| 2012 | 10 | 355 | observed |
| 2013 | 6 | 450 | observed |
| 2014 | 4 | 515 | observed |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | 8 | 402 | observed |
| 2017 | 7 | 418 | observed |
| 2018 | 4 | 499 | observed |
| 2019 | 4 | 488 | observed |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | 10 | 324 | observed |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | 5 | 435 | observed |
| 2025 | 13 | 292 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Terje” 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.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · 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
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · 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
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.
