Kaija
Female given name
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::summary Female given name ::
Kaija is a contemporary feminine personal name thought to have arisen as a Finnic variant of the name Katrin, or alternatively from Katariina.{{cite conference |url=http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10315/3615/icos23_105.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Personal Names of Livonian Origin in Latvia: Past and Present |first=Pauls |last=Balodis |date=August 2009 |conference=23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences |format=PDF |conference-url=http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/handle/10315/2901 |editor=Wolfgang Ahrens |editor2=Sheila Embleton |editor3=André Lapierre|isbn=978-1-55014-521-2 |book-title=Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences |publisher=York University |location=Toronto, Canada |pages=105–116 |accessdate=23 April 2011 }}
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 (b. 1962), a Finnish singer and actress
- Kaija Koo (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 née Laakkonen (1952–2023), a Finnish composer
- Kaija Salopuro (b. 1938), Finnish footballer
- Kaija Silvennoinen (b. 1954), a Finnish skier
- Kaija Siren née Tuominen (1920–2001), a Finnish architect
- Kaija Udras (b. 1986), an Estonian skier
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