Marjo is a popular female given name in Finland, originated as a variant of the name Marja. Its name day is celebrated on 15 August. As of 2012, more than 12,400 people in Finland have this name. It was most popular in the second half of the 20th century. [1]
Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner is a former evangelist preacher and actor. He first gained public attention during the late 1940s when his parents arranged for him to be ordained as a preacher at age four due to his extraordinary speaking ability, making him the youngest known in that position to this day. As a young man, he preached on the revival circuit and brought celebrity to the revival movement.
Leevi and the Leavings was a Finnish pop rock band, active from 1978 to 2003.
Källström is a Swedish surname, simplified Kallstrom. Notable people with the surname include:
Aalto is a Finnish Laine type surname meaning "wave". Notable people with the surname include:
Lehtonen is a Finnish surname of Virtanen type derived from the word lehto, "grove". Notable people with the surname include:
Helmi is a given name. It is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name literally meaning pearl or bead. The name is derived from the Proto-Baltic-Finnic *helmes, or 'amber'. In Finland, Helmi is also used as a short form of the name Vilhelmiina or Vilhelmina. Helmi was among the most popular names for baby girls born in Finland in the early 21st century.
Heikkilä is a surname originating in Finland. The name is derived from Heikki, the Finnish equivalent of the Scandinavian name Henrik and the Germanic Henry, plus the suffix -lä, a patronymic indicating a child of a household headed by a man named Heikki. Among Finnish immigrants to North America, the name was sometimes Anglicized as Heikkila.
Marja is a female given name, a Finnish, Sámi and Dutch form of Mary. It also means "berry" in Finnish. In Finnish the normal form of Mary is Maria; the pronunciations of Maria ['maria] and Marja ['marja] are identical, if the /-ria/ is pronounced as diphthong in as usual in rapid speech: [mari̯a]. As of December 2012, 53,000 people are registered with this name in Finland. In Finland, the nameday for Marja is 15 August.
Marjo-Riikka Mäkelä is a Finnish stage and independent film actress, director, acting coach, and the founder of Los Angeles–based acting studio Chekhov Studio International. Much of Mäkelä's mention in Finnish media is associated with Michael Chekhov acting technique.
Marja may refer to:
Marjatta is a Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on the 15th of August. It reached its peak of popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. As of 2013 there were more than 123,000 women registered with this name in Finland. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular female given names ever.
Tal is a given name and a surname of Hebrew origin meaning "dew". It is a popular name in Israel for boys and girls.
Matikainen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mikkonen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sorjonen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kirvesniemi is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pärssinen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kiljunen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
"Niet Molotoff", also spelled as Njet Molotoff and Nyet Molotoff is a Finnish propaganda song composed by Matti Jurva, and written by Tatu Pekkarinen. Niet Molotoff was composed during the Winter War to boost morale and to mock the Soviet Union and the Red Army.
Marjo may refer to:
