Where does “Marja-Liisa” come from?
Marja-Liisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish Liisa, from Finnish Elisabet, from Swedish Elisabet, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ, from Hebrew אלישבע, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.
Marja-Liisa (Finnish): popular in the 1940s and the 1950s
Definitions
- popular in the 1940s and the 1950s
Ancestry of “Marja-Liisa”, step by step
Marja-Liisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |