Seija
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a female given name popular in the 1930s and the 1940s
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 16 countries · latest register: Siseministeerium, 2023
/sei̯jɑ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Seija is a female given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Finland.
- 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)a female given name popular in the 1930s and the 1940s
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language 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).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Seija is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, upe Francijas austrumos ("Seille"), Franškontē reģionā, Sonas kreisā krasta pieteka
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, upe Francijas austrumos ("Seille"), Lotringas reģionā, Mozeles labā krasta pieteka
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Kubls alus darīšanai
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)- Seija Anneli Silfverbergb. 1935FIFinnish ballet dancer
- Seija Lampilab. 1936FIFinnish singer
- Seija Karkinenb. 1936FIFinnish politician
- Seija Simolab. 1944FIFinnish singer (1944–2017)
- Seija Viitamäki-Carlssonb. 1948SESwedish politician
- Seija Sivertsenb. 1955FIFinnish Skolt Sami teacher, writer and translator
- Seija Hirvikalliob. 1956FIFinnish architect
- Kristiina Halttub. 1963FInot in their usual nameFinnish actress
- Seija Rautiob. 1964FIFinnish journalist
- Seija Ballhausb. 2000DEGerman judoka
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)25 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 29K | #72 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 21K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 1.5K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2000 | 1.5K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2001 | 1.5K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 1.5K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2003 | 1.5K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2004 | 1.4K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2005 | 1.4K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2006 | 1.4K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2007 | 1.4K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 1.4K | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- What does the name Seija mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name popular in the 1930s and the 1940s Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Seija?
- A machine transcription gives /sei̯jɑ/ (IPA) for Finnish.
- Is Seija a male or female name?
- Seija is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Finland (DVV) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- In which country does Seija have the most bearers?
- Seija is most frequently recorded in Finland.
What do you want to know about Seija?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/seijaThe 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, “Seija”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.