Saija

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Diminutive of SARI (1).

SARI (1)   female   Finnish
Finnish form of SARAH.
SARAH   female   English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "lady, princess, noblewoman" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of Abraham's wife, considered the matriarch of the Jewish people. She was barren until she unexpectedly became the pregnant with Isaac at the age of 90. Her name was originally Sarai, but God changed it at the same time Abraham's name was changed (see Genesis 17:15).

In England, Sarah came into use after the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer was Sarah Churchill (1660-1744), an influential British duchess and a close friend of Queen Anne.
FULL FORMS
FINNISH: Saara, Sara, Sari
EQUIVALENTS
ARABIC: Sara, Sarah
BIBLICAL GREEK: Sarra
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Sarah
BIBLICAL LATIN: Sarra
BIBLICAL: Sarah
BOSNIAN: Sara
CATALAN: Sara
CROATIAN: Sara
CZECH: Sára
DANISH: Sara
DUTCH: Sara
ENGLISH: Sadie, Sallie, Sally, Sara, Sarah, Sarina, Sera
FINNISH: Salli
FRENCH: Sarah
GERMAN: Sara, Sarah
GREEK: Sara
HAWAIIAN: Kala
HEBREW: Sarah, Sarit
HUNGARIAN: Sára, Sári, Sárika
ICELANDIC: Sara
ITALIAN: Sara
MACEDONIAN: Sara
NORWEGIAN: Sara
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Sarra
PERSIAN: Sara
POLISH: Sara
PORTUGUESE: Sara
SERBIAN: Sara
SLOVAK: Sára
SLOVENE: Sara
SPANISH: Sara, Sarita
SWEDISH: Sara, Sassa
YIDDISH: Suri, Tzeitel
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Sal