Sirpa
Sirpa is a Finnish female (first-name or) given name. A few men are named Sirpa in Finland.[1]
Most of the people named Sirpa were born between 1940 and 1980.[1]
Sirpa's name day is September 15.
The name is known from as early as [the childhood of] actress Sirpa Tolonen. She was baptized Siiri Sylvia, but her nickname became Sirpa. Tolonen worked for a radio program, and her [strange or] peculiar name quickly spread throughout the country.[2]
People[change | change source]
- Sirpa Ahlroos-Kouko (born 1975), professional road bicycle racer
- Sirpa Asko-Seljavaara (born 1939), politician
- Sirpa Bertling, television series producer
- Sirpa Eriksson (born 1959), politician from Åland
- Sirpa Helin (born 1959), baseball player
- Sirpa Hynninen (born 1963), sculptor
- Sirpa Ihanus (born 1959), sculptor
- Sirpa Jalkanen (born 1954), professor of immunology
- Sirpa Järnfors (born 1965), footballer
- Sirpa Kauppinen (born 1972), politician
- Sirpa Kivilaakso (born 1954), non-fiction writer
- Sirpa Koivu (1938–2012), Miss Finland 1956
- Sirpa Konttila, née Toivola (born 1937), javelin thrower and archer
- Sirpa Korte (born 1970), public servant
- Sirpa Kukkonen (born 1958), ski-orienteering runner
- Sirpa Kuronen (born 1962), politician
- Sirpa Kurppa (born 1953), professor of biotechnology and food research
- Sirpa Kytölä (born 1954), long-distance runner
- Sirpa Kyyrönen (born 1978), poet
- Sirpa Kähkönen (born 1964), writer and translator
- Sirpa Laamanen, convicted of Eerika's killing
- Sirpa Lane (1952–1999), actress, director and television producer
- Sirpa Lappalainen (born 1958), painter and graphic artist
- Sirpa Leppänen (born 1956), linguist and professor of English
- Sirpa Lumikko (born 1945), actress
- Sirpa Lusa (born 1959), orienteering runner
- Sirpa Mäenpää, diplomat
- Sirpa Niiranen (born 1944), athlete
- Sirpa Ojala (born 1963), business executive
- Sirpa Paatero (born 1964), politician
- Sirpa Pietikäinen (born 1959), politician
- Sirpa Pollari (born 1985), baseball player
- Sirpa Puhakka (born 1956), politician
- Sirpa Puskala (born 1945), writer
- Sirpa Rautio, mayor
- Sirpa Riikola (born 1966), cross-country skier
- Sirpa Suosmaa (1946–2023), Miss Finland 1964
- Sirpa Tabet (born 1943), crime writer
- Sirpa Tani (born 1962), professor of geography and environmental education
- Sirpa Tenhunen (born 1963), anthropologist
- Sirpa Tolonen (1900–2001), Finnish actress
- Sirpa Vallasvuo (born 1960), Finnish footballer
- Sirpa Viljamaa (born 1958), Miss Finland 1980
- Sirpa Wrede (born 1963), professor of sociology
- Sirpa Ylönen (born 1957), sport shooter
Sources[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://verkkopalvelu.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu/default.asp?L=1. Retrieved 15. September 2020
- ↑ http://poistyopoydalta.blogspot.fi/2015/06/suomen-ensimmainen-sirpa.html. Retrieved 03 July 2015}}
