Terje
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Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Estonian tera "grain", or from Terhenetär in the Kalevala, Finnish terhen "mist".
Proper noun
[edit]Terje
- a female given name
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of Torgeir (see that).
Proper noun
[edit]Terje m (definite Terjen)
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Torgeir
Usage notes
[edit]The name was popularised by the poem Terje Vigen (1862) by Henrik Ibsen.
Related terms
[edit]- (surnames) Terjesen
References
[edit]- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 829 males with the given name Terje living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 31st March, 2023.