Reija
given name · Latin script
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: SCB, 2020
/ˈrei̯jɑ/(recorded in a dictionary) Finnish · from Wiktionary
Reija is a female given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Finland. Recorded meaning: Early 20th century coinage, possibly from Swedish Freja, or a feminine form of Reijo.
- FIFinland
- USUnited States
- SESweden
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Early 20th century coinage, possibly from Swedish Freja, or a feminine form of Reijo.
Cited for this meaning 2
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)- Reija Hirvikoskib. 1954FIFinnish scenic designer
- Reija Vesab. 1961FIFinnish basketball player (born 1961)
- Reija Wäreb. 1972FIchoreographer
- Reija Kaskiahob. 1976FIFinnish writer
- Reija Meriläinenb. 1987FIFinnish contemporary artist
- Reija PasanenFIFinnish designer
- Reija Hietaresearcher
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)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 2K | #551 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 1.8K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 67 | #11,217 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2000 | 61 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 60 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2004 | 59 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2003 | 59 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2001 | 59 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2006 | 58 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 58 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 57 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 57 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Reija mean, and where does it come from?
- Early 20th century coinage, possibly from Swedish Freja, or a feminine form of Reijo. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- What are other forms of the name Reija?
- In the etymology graph, Freya is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Reija?
- In Finnish /ˈrei̯jɑ/ (Wiktionary).
- Is Reija a male or female name?
- Reija is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Finland (DVV).
- In which country does Reija have the most bearers?
- Reija is most frequently recorded in Finland.
What do you want to know about Reija?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/reijaThe 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
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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, “Reija”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.