Vija
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/vɪʒə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vija is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country.
- LVLatvia1 in 402(measured from records)
- LTLithuania≈1 in 34K
- EEEstonia≈1 in 141K
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.
- Latvia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 57 (measured from records)
- 1 in 402 (inferred from the name graph)
4,682 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Latvia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
šīs dzimtas ģints ("Cuscuta"), parazītiski viengadīga parazītiska nezāle bez lapām un saknēm, bet ar vijīgu, pavedienveidīgu, kailu stublāju un piesūcekņiem, kas iesūcas saimniekaugā, ~170 sugu, Latvijā konstatētas 4 sugas
Sources 1
- Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vija 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LV Latvia | #230 | 4,682 | 1 in 402 | 4.7K | Vija | 53 |
| US United States | — | 204 | 1 in 1.6M | 193 | Vija | 57 |
| LT Lithuania | — | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 34K | listed | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 864K | — | Vija | 26 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 944K | — | Vija | 4 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 250K | — | Vija | 4 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 141K | 17 | Vija | 2 |
| IS Iceland | — | 2 | 1 in 175K | 2 | — | — |
4,682 people counted by PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). 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: PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); the lt-vlkk-vardai register. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Vija is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, Gaujas kreisā krasta pieteka Valkas novada Vijciema pagastā, augštece Smiltenes novada Bilskas pagastā, garums - 62 km, kritums - 129 m, sākas Vidzemes augstienes Mežoles paugurainē; augštecē - Vijiņa
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Divdīgļlapju klases augu dzimta ("Cuscutaceae"), pie kuras pieder parazītiski augi ar tieviem bezhlorofila stublājiem un pušķos sakārtotiem sīkiem ziediem
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Rinda, ko veido tuvu (parasti neregulārā atstatumā) esoši cilvēki (retāk dzīvnieki), kurus saista, piemēram, kopīgas funkcijas, kopīga darbība
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Garens vijums, savīta virkne (parasti no ziediem, zaļumiem kā izgreznošanai); vijīgu augu, to daļu garens kopums; arī vītne (1)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, upe Krievijā, Arhangeļskas apgabalā, Piņegas kreisā krasta pieteka
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Vija Vētrab. 1923USLatvian dancer and choreographer (born 1923)
- Vija Artmaneb. 1929LVLatvian actress (1929-2008)
- Vija Upmaleb. 1932LV(1932-09-14 - 1996-03-02) writer. Born in Ārĭme parish (Valka county, Latvia). Died in Ārĭme parish (Valka county, Latvia)
- Vija Celminsb. 1938USAmerican artist (born 1938)
- Vija Zaiga Klušab. 1940LVLatvian physician
- Vija Rožlapab. 1942LVchess player
- Vija Daukšteb. 1950LV* 1950; Latvian historian
- Vija Beinerteb. 1954LVJournalist and film director
- Vija Kilblokab. 1954LVLatvian businessperson
- Vija Zariņab. 1961LVLatvian painter (born 1961)
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 23 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 4.7K | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup) | — | 4.6K | #112 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 193 | #37,938 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 17 | #1,882 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11 | #37,938 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1952 | 5 | — |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| LT Lithuania | VLKK — Lietuvos Respublikos piliečių vardų sąvadas (recommended names) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- How do you pronounce Vija?
- A machine transcription gives /vɪʒə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Vija a male or female name?
- Vija is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Vija have the most bearers?
- In Latvia, the national register counted about 4.7 thousand people named Vija, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vija.
- Where is Vija most common?
- Vija is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 402 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Vija?
- In Latvia, the national register counted 4,682 people named Vija, about 1 in 402 residents.
- How common is Vija compared with other names?
- In Latvia, Vija is the 230th most common given name of 11,601 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vijaThe 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, “Vija” — the 230th most common given name in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.