Arja
[ˈɑːr.jə]Meaning
variant of Irja, apparently coined for early 20th century poems
Background Story
Arja is a variant of Irja. The Finnish poet Eino Leino used it in his poem Arja and Selin in 1916, where it belongs to a male character, and it was apparently invented by Leino or by L. Onerva for characters in early 20th century poems. It may have been coined as a variant of Irja, which was itself originally a male name, though the Russian Ария, from the Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη, has also been compared.
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