Given name
Teija
“gift”·“god”
Teija is a feminine given name. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Teija is built from elements meaning “gift” and “god”.
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Where it comes from
Teija is a form of Tea. Tea comes from Swedish.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Teija through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 0 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 7 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 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 138 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.
Teija’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Teija shares a linguistic root with the English form Dorothy. In Finnish usage, Teija has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Dorota. In Finnish usage, Teija has a conventional equivalent in the English form Dorothy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Teija has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Teija
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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