Given name · also Russian
Tarja
Tarja is a feminine given name from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish.
Original RussianДарья
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Tarja comes from Russian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Tarja is a feminine form of Δαρεῖος. In Finnish usage, Tarja developed from Дарья.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tarja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 209 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tarja’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Tarja shares a linguistic root with the English form Daria. In Finnish usage, Tarja has a conventional equivalent in the English form Daria. In Finnish usage, Tarja is a feminine form of Δαρεῖος.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Tarja has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tarja
- Tarja HalonenPresident of Finland from 2000 to 2012 (born 1943)
- Tarja TurunenFinnish singerborn 1977
- Tarja CronbergFinnish politicianborn 1943
- Tarja FilatovFinnish politicianborn 1963
- Tarja-Tuulikki TarsalaFinnish actress (1937–2007)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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