Marja-Liisa
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a female given name, popular in the 1940s and the 1950s
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɑrjɑlisɑ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Marja-Liisa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 592(measured from records)
- EEEstonia≈1 in 26K
- SESweden1 in 28K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 43 (measured from records)
- 1 in 592 (inferred from the name graph)
9,405 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name, popular in the 1940s and the 1950s
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Marja-Liisa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | #244 | 9,405 | 1 in 592 | 13K | Marja-Liisa | 43 |
| SE Sweden | — | 367 | 1 in 28K | 367 | Marja-Liisa | 21 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈47 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 67 | Marja-Liisa | 10 |
| NO Norway | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 327K | 34 | Marja-Liisa | 8 |
| ES Spain | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 2.9M | — | Marja-Liisa | 4 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | 2 | — | — |
9,405 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register), counting the spelling marja-liisa. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Marja-Liisa Vartiob. 1924FInot in their usual nameFinnish writer and poet
- Marja-Liisa Tykkyläinenb. 1945FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician
- Marja-Liisa Rönkköb. 1945FInot in their usual nameFinnish museum director and art historian
- Marja-Liisa Löyttyjärvib. 1949FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician
- Marja-Liisa Kiljunenb. 1950FInot in their usual nameFinnish diplomat
- Marja-Liisa Riekkolab. 1953FInot in their usual nameFinnish chemist, professor of analytical chemistry (University of Helsinki)
- Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemib. 1955FInot in their usual nameFinnish cross-country skier
- Marja-Liisa Kuosmanenb. 1964FInot in their usual nameFinnish vocalist
- Marja-Liisa Olthuisb. 1967FInot in their usual nameInari Sámi scholar
- Marja-Liisa Völlersb. 1984DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 13K | #173 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 9.4K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 398 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2009 | 394 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2003 | 391 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2004 | 389 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 389 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2006 | 387 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2005 | 387 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2007 | 385 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | 382 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 381 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Marja-Liisa mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, popular in the 1940s and the 1950s Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Marja-Liisa?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑrjɑlisɑ/ (IPA) for Finnish.
- Is Marja-Liisa a male or female name?
- Marja-Liisa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Marja-Liisa?
- In the etymology graph, Marja and Liisa are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Marja-Liisa have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 9.4 thousand people named Marja-Liisa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled Marja-Liisa.
- Where is Marja-Liisa most common?
- Marja-Liisa is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 592 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Marja-Liisa?
- In Finland, the national register counted 9,405 people named Marja-Liisa, about 1 in 592 residents.
- How common is Marja-Liisa compared with other names?
- In Finland, Marja-Liisa is the 244th most common given name of 19,056 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Marja-Liisa?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/marja-liisaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marja-Liisa” — the 244th most common given name in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.