Sirpa
Appearance
See also: sirpa
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Early 20th century invention from sirpale (“chip, fragment (as of gold)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sirpa
- a female given name
Usage notes
[edit]- The most popular first name of women born in Finland in 1956-1957.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Sirpa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sirpa | Sirpat | |
genitive | Sirpan | Sirpojen | |
partitive | Sirpaa | Sirpoja | |
illative | Sirpaan | Sirpoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sirpa | Sirpat | |
accusative | nom. | Sirpa | Sirpat |
gen. | Sirpan | ||
genitive | Sirpan | Sirpojen Sirpain rare | |
partitive | Sirpaa | Sirpoja | |
inessive | Sirpassa | Sirpoissa | |
elative | Sirpasta | Sirpoista | |
illative | Sirpaan | Sirpoihin | |
adessive | Sirpalla | Sirpoilla | |
ablative | Sirpalta | Sirpoilta | |
allative | Sirpalle | Sirpoille | |
essive | Sirpana | Sirpoina | |
translative | Sirpaksi | Sirpoiksi | |
abessive | Sirpatta | Sirpoitta | |
instructive | — | Sirpoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Sirpa is the 21st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 21,023 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,670 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.