Hilja
[ˈhil.jɑ]Meaning
means "silent, quiet" in Finnish and Estonian
Background Story
Hilja is a 19th-century Finnish coinage from hiljainen, "quiet", probably a calque of the Latin name Placidus. Estonian borrowed the name from Finnish. It is a feminine given name in both languages.
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