Pirjo
Finnish
Etymology
A variant of Pirkko (“Bridget”), a vernacular form of the Swedish Birgitta, first used as a formal given name in the early 20th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpirjo/, [ˈpirjo̞]
- Rhymes: -irjo
- Syllabification(key): Pir‧jo
Proper noun
Pirjo
- a female given name
- 1972, Teuvo Saavalainen, Tänä yönä, Gummerus,, →ISBN, page 45:
- Pulpetissa istuessa niissä vain oli loppuun asti paljon pikkutyttöä, ja se jossa ei ollut näytti omituisen sopimattomalta pulpettiinsa, niin että siltä ei olisi kehdannut millään kysyä kun se istui pehmeä naisenkäsi pystyssä: Marja-Liisa, Kaija, Pirjo. Nimiä niillä oli liikaa, tai pikemminkin liian vähän, kymmenen Kaijan ja Pirjon jälkeen tuntui jo samantekevältä miksi niitä kutsui. Mieluimmin olisi sanonut kaikkia vain tytöksi tai naiseksi.
- Sitting in the school desk next to all little girls, and the one desk that had something else looked so bizarrely out of place, not belonging to the school desk, that one couldn't bring oneself to ask; as she sat down with her soft hand raised up: Marja-Liisa, Kaija, Pirjo. There were too many names, or rather not enough, since after ten Kaijas and Pirjos it already began to seem pointless to call them that. Better just call them all a girl or a woman.
- 1989, Tytti Seessalo, Mutku, Arthouse, →ISBN, page 172:
- ―Sä nauroit jo silloin, kun halusin, että mua sanotaan Pikitaksi. Sun mielestä Pirjo varmaan sopii mulle paremmin. Äiti saa hankkia mulle pankista töitä. Siellä mä voin istua ja hymyillä herttaisesti.
- ―You already laughed when I wanted to be called Pikita. You think Pirjo probably suits me better. My mom can get me work from the bank. I can sit just there with a sweet smile.
- 1997, Sari Mikkonen, Pakkasyön odottaja, WSOY, →ISBN, page 216:
- ―Minkä takia työ ootta minua järjestelmällisesti sortana? Nimestä lähtiin! Pirjo! Mikä nimi se muka on?
―Hä?
―Pimppisen Karjo, Pimppisen Karjo, arvootko sainko minä sitä kuulla minkä verran mitä?- ―Why have you been systematically putting down? From my name! Pirjo! What kind of name is that?
―Huh?
―Pimppisen Karjo, Pimppisen Karjo [dirty pun], you wanna guess how often I have to hear that?
- ―Why have you been systematically putting down? From my name! Pirjo! What kind of name is that?
Usage notes
- The most common first name of women born in Finland in 1949 - 1955.
Declension
Inflection of Pirjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Pirjo | Pirjot | ||
genitive | Pirjon | Pirjojen | ||
partitive | Pirjoa | Pirjoja | ||
illative | Pirjoon | Pirjoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Pirjo | Pirjot | ||
accusative | nom. | Pirjo | Pirjot | |
gen. | Pirjon | |||
genitive | Pirjon | Pirjojen | ||
partitive | Pirjoa | Pirjoja | ||
inessive | Pirjossa | Pirjoissa | ||
elative | Pirjosta | Pirjoista | ||
illative | Pirjoon | Pirjoihin | ||
adessive | Pirjolla | Pirjoilla | ||
ablative | Pirjolta | Pirjoilta | ||
allative | Pirjolle | Pirjoille | ||
essive | Pirjona | Pirjoina | ||
translative | Pirjoksi | Pirjoiksi | ||
abessive | Pirjotta | Pirjoitta | ||
instructive | — | Pirjoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics
- Pirjo is the 8th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 27,569 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,496 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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