Oiva

See also: oiva

Finnish

19th century creation from oiva (“excellent”). The surname derives from place names in northern Finland.

Oiva

a male given name
- 1990, Harri Tapper, Näin syntyvät revontulet, Gummerus, published 2003, →ISBN:
  Tytöt olivat Anna, Aune, Alli ja Aili. Miina näet ei suostunut tytöilleen antamaan muita kuin Aalla alkavia nimiä. Yksi lapsista oli poika. Koska hän Hanneksen mielestä oli oiva, nimeksi pantiin Oiva.
  The girls were named Anna, Aune, Alli and Aili. You see, Miina refused to name her girls anything that didn't start with an A. One of the children was a boy. Hannes thought he was excellent so he was named Oiva.
(rare) a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname

Inflection of Oiva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Oiva	Oivat
genitive		Oivan	Oivien
partitive		Oivaa	Oivia
illative		Oivaan	Oiviin
		singular	plural
nominative		Oiva	Oivat
accusative	nom.	Oiva	Oivat
accusative	gen.	Oivan	Oivat
genitive		Oivan	Oivien Oivain^rare
partitive		Oivaa	Oivia
inessive		Oivassa	Oivissa
elative		Oivasta	Oivista
illative		Oivaan	Oiviin
adessive		Oivalla	Oivilla
ablative		Oivalta	Oivilta
allative		Oivalle	Oiville
essive		Oivana	Oivina
translative		Oivaksi	Oiviksi
abessive		Oivatta	Oivitta
instructive		—	Oivin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Oiva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Oivani	Oivani
accusative	nom.	Oivani	Oivani
accusative	gen.	Oivani	Oivani
genitive		Oivani	Oivieni Oivaini^rare
partitive		Oivaani	Oiviani
inessive		Oivassani	Oivissani
elative		Oivastani	Oivistani
illative		Oivaani	Oiviini
adessive		Oivallani	Oivillani
ablative		Oivaltani	Oiviltani
allative		Oivalleni	Oivilleni
essive		Oivanani	Oivinani
translative		Oivakseni	Oivikseni
abessive		Oivattani	Oivittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Oivineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Oivasi	Oivasi
accusative	nom.	Oivasi	Oivasi
accusative	gen.	Oivasi	Oivasi
genitive		Oivasi	Oiviesi Oivaisi^rare
partitive		Oivaasi	Oiviasi
inessive		Oivassasi	Oivissasi
elative		Oivastasi	Oivistasi
illative		Oivaasi	Oiviisi
adessive		Oivallasi	Oivillasi
ablative		Oivaltasi	Oiviltasi
allative		Oivallesi	Oivillesi
essive		Oivanasi	Oivinasi
translative		Oivaksesi	Oiviksesi
abessive		Oivattasi	Oivittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Oivinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Oivamme	Oivamme
accusative	nom.	Oivamme	Oivamme
accusative	gen.	Oivamme	Oivamme
genitive		Oivamme	Oiviemme Oivaimme^rare
partitive		Oivaamme	Oiviamme
inessive		Oivassamme	Oivissamme
elative		Oivastamme	Oivistamme
illative		Oivaamme	Oiviimme
adessive		Oivallamme	Oivillamme
ablative		Oivaltamme	Oiviltamme
allative		Oivallemme	Oivillemme
essive		Oivanamme	Oivinamme
translative		Oivaksemme	Oiviksemme
abessive		Oivattamme	Oivittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Oivinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Oivanne	Oivanne
accusative	nom.	Oivanne	Oivanne
accusative	gen.	Oivanne	Oivanne
genitive		Oivanne	Oivienne Oivainne^rare
partitive		Oivaanne	Oivianne
inessive		Oivassanne	Oivissanne
elative		Oivastanne	Oivistanne
illative		Oivaanne	Oiviinne
adessive		Oivallanne	Oivillanne
ablative		Oivaltanne	Oiviltanne
allative		Oivallenne	Oivillenne
essive		Oivananne	Oivinanne
translative		Oivaksenne	Oiviksenne
abessive		Oivattanne	Oivittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Oivinenne

Oiva is the 168^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,779 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,538 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
The surname Oiva belongs to 158 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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