Marja-Liisa
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmɑrjɑˌliːsɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rjɑ̝ˌliːs̠ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iːsɑ
- Syllabification(key): Mar‧ja‧Lii‧sa
- Hyphenation(key): Marja‧Liisa
Proper noun
[edit]Marja-Liisa
- a female given name, popular in the 1940s and the 1950s
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Marja-Liisa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Marja-Liisa | Marja-Liisat | |
| genitive | Marja-Liisan | Marja-Liisojen | |
| partitive | Marja-Liisaa | Marja-Liisoja | |
| illative | Marja-Liisaan | Marja-Liisoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Marja-Liisa | Marja-Liisat | |
| accusative | nom. | Marja-Liisa | Marja-Liisat |
| gen. | Marja-Liisan | ||
| genitive | Marja-Liisan | Marja-Liisojen Marja-Liisain rare | |
| partitive | Marja-Liisaa | Marja-Liisoja | |
| inessive | Marja-Liisassa | Marja-Liisoissa | |
| elative | Marja-Liisasta | Marja-Liisoista | |
| illative | Marja-Liisaan | Marja-Liisoihin | |
| adessive | Marja-Liisalla | Marja-Liisoilla | |
| ablative | Marja-Liisalta | Marja-Liisoilta | |
| allative | Marja-Liisalle | Marja-Liisoille | |
| essive | Marja-Liisana | Marja-Liisoina | |
| translative | Marja-Liisaksi | Marja-Liisoiksi | |
| abessive | Marja-Liisatta | Marja-Liisoitta | |
| instructive | — | Marja-Liisoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Marja-Liisa is the 104th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,476 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,030 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.