Terje
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Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Estonian tera "grain", or from Terhenetär in the Kalevala, Finnish terhen "mist".
Proper noun[edit]
Terje
- a female given name
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Variant of Torgeir (see that).
Proper noun[edit]
Terje m (definite Terjen)
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Torgeir
Usage notes[edit]
The name was popularised by the poem Terje Vigen (1862) by Henrik Ibsen.
Related terms[edit]
- (surnames) Terjesen
References[edit]
- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 829 males with the given name Terje living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 31st March, 2023.