Esa

Esa

1. Alternative letter-case form of ESA

• -ase, AES, ASE, EAS, EAs, SAE, SEA, Sea, a**es, aes, ase, eas, sea

Medieval vernacular form of Esaias, the old biblical equivalent of English Isaiah. It has also been recorded as a diminutive of Esko and Esau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈesɑ/, [ˈe̞s̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -esɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): E‧sa

Esa

1. a male given name
   • 1894, Santeri Alkio, Puukkojunkkarit, WSOY, published 1981, →ISBN, page 14:

     Siinä on Karhun Esa, nuori isäntämies, puukkojunkkarien kuningas, ( - - - )

     There stood Esa Karhu, a young householder, the king of puukkojunkkaris.

   • 1966, Esti Heiniö, Sininen lankakerä, WSOY, page 93:

     (- - - ) Tuota...kuinka olikaan nimi? Taisi sen Ansa sanoa, mutta minä olin niin kovin ällistynyt."
     "Esa. Ja Ansa sanoo, että minä olen hänen esansa, ensimmäisensä."

     (- - - ) Well...what was the name again? Ansa did probably say it, but I was still too astounded to hear."
     "Esa. And Ansa said that I am her esa, her first."

   • 2007, Leena Lehtolainen, Luonas en ollutkaan, Tammi, →ISBN, page 246:

     —Jaana. Vai niin. Alla finskor heter Jaana. Esa hymyili hämmennykselle, jonka repliikki aiheutti Jaanassa. —Se on sitaatti yhdestä lukemastani novellista, jäi mieleen. Eipä Esakaan maailman harvinaisin nimi ole.
     —Mutta nykylapset eivät ole Esoja ja Jaanoja. Tyttäreni mielestä Jaana on tätinimi. Siitä kuulee heti, että nimen kantaja on yli neljänkymmenen.

     —Jaana. I see. Alla finskor heter Jaana [Swedish: All Finns are named Jaana]. Esa smiled at Jaana's confusion brought on by his words. —It's a quote from a short story I read that stuck to my mind. Esa isn't a particularly rare name either.
     —But children aren't called Esa or Jaana anymore. My daughter thinks Jaana is the name for an aunt. You can tell anyone with that name must be at least forty years old.

• Esa is the 37^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 16,416 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,812 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• ase

Esa f

1. Èze