Juha
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See also: juha
English
Proper noun
Juha
- Alternative form of Joha
Translations
Joha — see Joha
Finnish
Etymology
A short form of Juhana and Juhani (“John”), sometimes considered Ostrobothnian.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Juha
- a male given name
Usage notes
- Popular in mid-twentieth century, temporarily replacing Juho. A common first part of compound names such as Juha-Pekka and Juha-Matti.
Declension
Inflection of Juha (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Juha | Juhat | |
genitive | Juhan | Juhien | |
partitive | Juhaa | Juhia | |
illative | Juhaan | Juhiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Juha | Juhat | |
accusative | nom. | Juha | Juhat |
gen. | Juhan | ||
genitive | Juhan | Juhien Juhain rare | |
partitive | Juhaa | Juhia | |
inessive | Juhassa | Juhissa | |
elative | Juhasta | Juhista | |
illative | Juhaan | Juhiin | |
adessive | Juhalla | Juhilla | |
ablative | Juhalta | Juhilta | |
allative | Juhalle | Juhille | |
essive | Juhana | Juhina | |
translative | Juhaksi | Juhiksi | |
abessive | Juhatta | Juhitta | |
instructive | — | Juhin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
compounds
Statistics
- Juha is the most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 44,107 male individuals (and as a middle name to 9,139 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.