Marjatta (IPA:
arjatːa is a
Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on the 15th of August. It reached its peak of popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. As of 2013 there were more than 123,000 women registered with this name in Finland. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular female given names ever.
Origin and variants
Marjatta is related to
Marja and first appeared in the
Kalevala
The ''Kalevala'' () is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling a story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and retaliatory ...
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Notable people
Notable people with this name include:
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Marjatta Kajosmaa (born 1938), Finnish cross country skier
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Marjatta Moulin (1926–2018), Finnish fencer
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Marjatta Raita (1944-2007), Finnish actress
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Marjatta Tapiola
Marjatta Tapiola (born 30 April 1951, Sysmä, Finland) is a Finnish painter.
Early life and education
Marjatta Tapiola was born in 1951 in Sysmä which is a rural area in Finland. Her father Olli Tapiola was a farmer and her mother Kerttu Tapio ...
(born 1951), Finnish painter
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Marjatta Väänänen
Marjatta Väänänen (9 August 192316 October 2020) was a Finnish politician who was a Member of Parliament for the Centre Party from 1975 to 1991. She served as Minister of Culture, Minister of Education, and Minister of Social Affairs and ...
(1923-2020), Finnish politician
References
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Finnish feminine given names
Feminine given names