Vija
given name · Latvian · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Vija is a given name, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country. It appears chiefly in Latvian and Hindi, written in the Latin script.
- LVLatvia1 in 402◐
- ISIceland1 in 175K
- SESweden1 in 309K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈4.9K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 52 ●
- 1 in 402 ◐
across 6 countries
recorded for this name
861 records
Official registry-verified
Latvia
Spellings & scripts●
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
šīs dzimtas ģints ("Cuscuta"), parazītiski viengadīga parazītiska nezāle bez lapām un saknēm, bet ar vijīgu, pavedienveidīgu, kailu stublāju un piesūcekņiem, kas iesūcas saimniekaugā, ~170 sugu, Latvijā konstatētas 4 sugas
Sources 1
- Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LV Latvia | #137 | 4,682△ | 375 rec. | 1 in 402 | 4.7K | Vija | 49 |
| US United States | — | 193 | 288 rec. | 1 in 1.7M | 193 | Vija | 52 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 67 | 47 rec. | — | — | Vija | 23 |
| IN India | — | 63 | 42 rec. | — | 12 | Vija | 10 |
| SE Sweden | — | 33△ | 5 rec. | 1 in 309K | 33 | Vija | 4 |
| RU Russia | — | 30 | 30 rec. | — | — | Vija | 5 |
| IE Ireland | — | 14 | 14 rec. | — | — | Vija | 4 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | — | 13△ | 2 rec. | 1 in 1.5M | 13 | — | 2 |
| NO Norway | — | 9 | 6 rec. | — | 60 | Vija | 3 |
| CA Canada | — | 8 | 11 rec. | — | — | Vija | 3 |
| PL Poland | — | 4 | — | 1 in 9.6M | 4 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | — | 2 | — | 1 in 175K | 2 | — | — |
Roughly 4.7K people in Latvia bear this name (about 1 in 402). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Latvian5.8K35%
- Hindi4.8K30%
- English2.1K13%
- 1K6%
- Indonesian2231%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Latvian | 5,786 | 35% |
| Hindi | 4,835 | 30% |
| English | 2,134 | 13% |
| 1,025 | 6% | |
| Indonesian | 223 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Vija is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, Gaujas kreisā krasta pieteka Valkas novada Vijciema pagastā, augštece Smiltenes novada Bilskas pagastā, garums - 62 km, kritums - 129 m, sākas Vidzemes augstienes Mežoles paugurainē; augštecē - Vijiņa
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Divdīgļlapju klases augu dzimta ("Cuscutaceae"), pie kuras pieder parazītiski augi ar tieviem bezhlorofila stublājiem un pušķos sakārtotiem sīkiem ziediem
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Rinda, ko veido tuvu (parasti neregulārā atstatumā) esoši cilvēki (retāk dzīvnieki), kurus saista, piemēram, kopīgas funkcijas, kopīga darbība
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Garens vijums, savīta virkne (parasti no ziediem, zaļumiem kā izgreznošanai); vijīgu augu, to daļu garens kopums; arī vītne (1)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, upe Krievijā, Arhangeļskas apgabalā, Piņegas kreisā krasta pieteka
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1929 | 1 |
| 1931 | 1 |
| 1932 | 1 |
| 1933 | 1 |
| 1934 | 3 |
| 1935 | 2 |
| 1936 | 1 |
| 1937 | 1 |
| 1939 | 3 |
| 1940 | 2 |
| 1941 | 5 |
| 1942 | 3 |
| 1943 | 2 |
| 1944 | 1 |
| 1945 | 5 |
| 1946 | 3 |
| 1947 | 8 |
| 1949 | 4 |
| 1950 | 3 |
| 1951 | 6 |
| 1952 | 7 |
| 1953 | 4 |
| 1954 | 9 |
| 1955 | 6 |
| 1956 | 10 |
| 1957 | 6 |
| 1958 | 6 |
| 1959 | 6 |
| 1960 | 10 |
| 1961 | 8 |
| 1962 | 7 |
| 1963 | 9 |
| 1964 | 11 |
| 1965 | 15 |
| 1966 | 11 |
| 1967 | 9 |
| 1968 | 8 |
| 1969 | 11 |
| 1970 | 12 |
| 1971 | 7 |
| 1972 | 9 |
| 1973 | 7 |
| 1974 | 8 |
| 1975 | 4 |
| 1976 | 6 |
| 1977 | 6 |
| 1978 | 4 |
| 1979 | 9 |
| 1980 | 5 |
| 1981 | 5 |
| 1982 | 11 |
| 1983 | 8 |
| 1984 | 8 |
| 1985 | 6 |
| 1986 | 5 |
| 1987 | 3 |
| 1988 | 5 |
| 1989 | 8 |
| 1990 | 9 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 3 |
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1994 | 6 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 74 years between 1922–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Vija Vētrab. 1923USLatvian dancer and choreographer (born 1923)
- Vija Artmaneb. 1929LVLatvian actress (1929-2008)
- Vija Upmaleb. 1932LV(1932-09-14 - 1996-03-02) writer. Born in Ārĭme parish (Valka county, Latvia). Died in Ārĭme parish (Valka county, Latvia)
- Vija Celminsb. 1938USAmerican artist (born 1938)
- Vija Zaiga Klušab. 1940LVLatvian physician
- Vija Rožlapab. 1942LVchess player
- Vija Daukšteb. 1950LV* 1950; Latvian historian
- Vija Beinerteb. 1954LVJournalist and film director
- Vija Kilblokab. 1954LVLatvian businessperson
- Vija Zariņab. 1961LVLatvian painter (born 1961)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 23 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 4.7K | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup) | — | 4.6K | #112 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 193 | #37,938 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 60 | #10,589 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 33 | #17,898 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25 | #22,337 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25 | #23,824 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 22 | #46,735 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 21 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 20 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 19 | — |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 17 | #1,882 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 181 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Vija?
- We estimate roughly 4.9 thousand people bear Vija (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
- In which country does Vija have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 4.7 thousand people bear Vija in Latvia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled vija.
- Where is Vija most common?
- Vija is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 402 people carrying it.
- How common is Vija compared with other names?
- In Latvia, Vija is the 137th most common given name of 17,921 given names recorded there.
- Is Vija a male or female name?
- Vija is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vija” — the 137th most common given name in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.