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Terje

Terje

Estonian

Proper noun

Terje

  1. A female given name.

Norwegian

Etymology

Variant of Torgeir made well known by the poem Terje Vigen (1862) by Henrik Ibsen.

Proper noun

Terje

  1. A male given name.

Related terms

  • (surnames) Terjesen

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk:21 907 males with the given name terje living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Etymology

From Estonian tera "grain", or from Terhenetär in the Kalevala, Finnish terhen "mist".

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