Tarja
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Tarja yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,372 |
| 2000 | 1,366 |
| 2001 | 1,354 |
| 2002 | 1,347 |
| 2003 | 1,349 |
| 2004 | 1,341 |
| 2005 | 1,340 |
| 2006 | 1,325 |
| 2007 | 1,321 |
| 2008 | 1,318 |
| 2009 | 1,310 |
| 2010 | 1,302 |
| 2011 | 1,297 |
| 2012 | 1,290 |
| 2013 | 1,280 |
| 2014 | 1,265 |
| 2015 | 1,258 |
| 2016 | 1,243 |
| 2017 | 1,234 |
| 2018 | 1,225 |
| 2019 | 1,222 |
| 2020 | 1,216 |
Tarja in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Tarja.Hi! My name is Tarja.
- Tarja bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Tarja lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Tarja kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Tarja is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Tarjas mamma är lärare.Tarja's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Tarjas mamma is Tarja's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Tarja
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How popular is Tarja in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Tarja in 2022. In 2020, 1,216 people in Sweden had Tarja as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.