Where is Arja from?

Origins of the name Arja

Origins Finnish

Pronounced AHR-yah

Gender Feminine

Traits include: natural, wholesome, strong, strange, serious, nerdy

Variant of Irja. The Finnish poet Eino Leino used it in his poem Arja and Selinä (1916), though belonging to a male character.

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