Where does “Maija-Liisa” come from?
Maija-Liisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish maija, from Finnish Maijala, from Finnish Maija, from Finnish Maria, from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρία, from Hebrew מִרְיָם, from Aramaic מרים.
Ancestry of “Maija-Liisa”, step by step
Maija-Liisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maija | Synonym of mustamaija; calathea; the genus... |
| 2 | Finnish | Maijala | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 3 | Finnish | Maija | a common female given name |
| 4 | Finnish | Maria | Mary, mother of Jesus Christ |
| 5 | Latin | Marīa | Mary mother of Jesus |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Μαρία | Mary, Maria |
| 7 | Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
| 8 | Aramaic | מרים | bitter |
| 9 | Biblical Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
via Finnish Liisa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Liisa | Alice, the heroine of Lewis Carroll's books |
| 2 | Finnish | Elisabet | Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist |
| 3 | Swedish | Elisabet | Elizabeth biblical character |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἐλισάβετ | Elizabeth mother of John the Baptist |
| 5 | Hebrew | אלישבע | my God is an oath; the Lord is her oath |
| 6 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 7 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 8 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |