Given name
Selja
“elder”
Selja is a feminine given name. It is used in Finnish and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
The story
In Finnish use, Selja has a related form in Silja. The history of Silja gives this family its wider story. Frans Eemil Sillanpää’s novel The Maid Silja helped make the name familiar beyond its everyday naming context. Silja is also used in other Nordic countries.
Explained through its name family
Selja’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Selja has a related form in Silja.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Selja
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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