Kaija is a contemporary feminine personal name thought to have arisen as a Finnic variant of the Katrin, or alternatively from

Katariina Katariina ( Finnish; ''Katarina'' in Swedish) is a district in the Uittamo-Skanssi ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located in the south of the city, and is mainly a low-density residential suburb. There is also a nature reserve in ...

. Among the people who share this name are: * Kaija Aarikka (1929-2014), Finnish designer * Kaija Juurikkala (b. 1959), a Finnish film director and screenwriter *

Kaija Kärkinen Kaija Kärkinen (born 9 September 1962) is a Finnish singer and actress. She represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, with the song " Hullu yö", finishing 20th. Kärkinen was born in Sodankylä. She started her career in the ...

(b. 1962), a Finnish singer and actress *

Kaija Koo Kaija Kokkola (born 10 September 1962), better known by her stage name Kaija Koo, is a Finnish singer. Kokkola began her career when she was 17 years old, as a member of a band Steel City, later known as Kaija Koo Band, until it broke up and Kai ...

(b. 1962 as Kaija Kokkola), a Finnish singer * Kaija Lustila (b. 1965), a Finnish singer * Kaija Mustonen (b. 1941), a Finnish skater * Kaija Pohjola (b. 1951), a Finnish singer *

Kaija Saariaho Kaija Anneli Saariaho (; ; born 14 October 1952) is a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho has received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Inte ...

née Laakkonen (b. 1952), a Finnish composer * Kaija Salopuro (b. 1938), Finnish footballer * Kaija Silvennoinen (b. 1954), a Finnish skier *

Kaija Siren Katri (Kaija) Anna-Maija Helena Siren (née Tuominen; October 23, 1920 in Kotka – January 15, 2001) was a Finnish architect. She graduated as an architect from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1948. Siren designed most of her works t ...

née Tuominen (1920–2001), a Finnish architect * Kaija Udras (b. 1986), an Estonian skier

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* {{Given name Uralic personal names Estonian feminine given names Finnish feminine given names