Rauha
Appearance
See also: rauha
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The given name is a 19th-century creation from rauha (“peace”).[1] The surname derives perhaps from place names containing that word, but compare also Rauhanen.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈrɑu̯hɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝u̯ɦɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑuhɑ
- Syllabification(key): Rau‧ha
- Hyphenation(key): Rau‧ha
Proper noun
[edit]Rauha
- a female given name
- 1985 Heimo Hyttinen, Kannaksen kasvatti, Tampere: Lehtitoimisto Hyttinen, →ISBN, pages 77, 85:
- ―Vai niin. Sen nimi on kuulema Rauha, tuumi Liisa.
―Ai Rauha. No rauhaa tääl tarvitaakii. Saa nähä mitä saa aikaseks, rauhal ku on hyvät asseet.
( - - - )
―Sinä voit sinutella minua, minä olen Rauha. Eikös olekkin hassu nimi?
Muistin mitä olimme jo Liisan kanssa rouvan nimestä puhuneet ja tunsin kuin jotain lämmintä olisi noussut kasvoilleni.
―Miust se on kaunis nim, sitä nimmee on usja mies huulillaa höpist.
Rouva katsoi minua ihmeissään.
―Kuinka niin?
―No, sottaa on olt jo niin kaua aikaa, kyl siint rauhast on usja haastant ja usja sitä toivont.- ―I see. Her name's apparently Rauha, Liisa pondered.
―Oh Rauha? Well peace is just what we need. We'll see what she can do, as peace has good weapons.
( - - - )
―You can just call me 'you', I'm Rauha. Funny name, isn't it?
I recalled what we had talked about the name with Liisa and I felt something warm rise up to my face.
―I think it's a pretty name, something many a man has uttered before.
The lady looked at me confused.
―What do you mean?
―Well, the war's been raging for so long that many have been talking about and hoping for peace.
- ―I see. Her name's apparently Rauha, Liisa pondered.
- 1984, Eira Stenberg, Paratiisin vangit, Tammi, →ISBN, page 35:
- ―Onko sinusta mukava olla Sisko?
En ollut varma tarkoittiko hän Siskoa vai siskoa.
―En tiedä.
―Tiedätkö minkä nimen minä olisin halunnut saada? hän kysyi.
―Rauha. Rauha minä olisin halunnut olla.- ―Would you like to be a Sisko?
I wasn't sure if that meant Sisko or sisko (“sister”).
―I don't know.
―Do you know what name I would've liked to have? she asked.
―Rauha. Rauha is what I wanted to be called.
- ―Would you like to be a Sisko?
- 1985 Heimo Hyttinen, Kannaksen kasvatti, Tampere: Lehtitoimisto Hyttinen, →ISBN, pages 77, 85:
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Rauha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rauha | Rauhat | |
| genitive | Rauhan | Rauhojen | |
| partitive | Rauhaa | Rauhoja | |
| illative | Rauhaan | Rauhoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Rauha | Rauhat | |
| accusative | nom. | Rauha | Rauhat |
| gen. | Rauhan | ||
| genitive | Rauhan | Rauhojen Rauhain rare | |
| partitive | Rauhaa | Rauhoja | |
| inessive | Rauhassa | Rauhoissa | |
| elative | Rauhasta | Rauhoista | |
| illative | Rauhaan | Rauhoihin | |
| adessive | Rauhalla | Rauhoilla | |
| ablative | Rauhalta | Rauhoilta | |
| allative | Rauhalle | Rauhoille | |
| essive | Rauhana | Rauhoina | |
| translative | Rauhaksi | Rauhoiksi | |
| abessive | Rauhatta | Rauhoitta | |
| instructive | — | Rauhoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Rauha is the 270th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,936 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,350 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Rauha belongs to 141 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.