Sirkka

• IPA^(key): /ˈsirkːɑ/, [ˈs̠irkːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -irkːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Sirk‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): Sirk‧ka

19th century invention from sirkka (“cricket”) and sirkka (“cotyledon”), associated with chirping insects and birds (e.g. heinäsirkka), and with budding plants (sirkkalehti).

Sirkka

1. a female given name
   • 1952, Jorma Korpela, Tohtori Finkelman, SKS, published 1996, →ISBN, page 77:

     ―Vai Sirkka! Vai Sirkka! Vai on se ihmisen nimi, Sirkka! Elukan nimi se on. Johan on nimen keksinyt nimismies sikiölleen! Sirkka―hyppysirkan nimi se on. Tai hevosen nimi―voi sen panna varsallekin jos on tammavarsa ja muuten huono jaloistaan. Mutta kyllähän on nimismies osannut nimen valita omalle lapselleen. Vai Sirkka...Ja Riitu nauroi tuolle joutavalle nimelle, totisesti se oli tökerö nimi, hullunkurisin mitä milloinkaan voitiin ajatella.

     ―Oh Sirkka! Oh Sirkka! Oh what a name for someone, Sirkka! That's the name for an animal. What kind of name did the police chief give to her fetus! Sirkka―that's the name for a cricket. Or for a horse―you could give that to a foal if it's a filly and with bad legs. But the chief's picked it for his own child. Oh Sirkka...and Riitu laughed at that frivolous name, the most bizarre one could have ever thought of.

   • 1983, Anu Kaipainen, Kaihoja kukkuvat käet, WSOY, →ISBN, page 30:

     ―Heleena Leena, sanoi opettaja vielä kerran ja katsoi ympärilleen kuin vastausta hakien.
     Mäkeläiskä otti jonkun pesuvadin ja vei sen kyökkiin. Vähän tärähtänyt se oli, opettaja, oli se. Oliko tuo nyt nimi niin mikään? Olisi nyt ehdottanut vaikka Sirkkaa, joka sentään oli sen ajan muotinimi, ja pannut perään vaikka Sirkkelin. Sirkka Sirkkeli―jos nyt kerran piti niin konstikas olla.

     ―Heleena Leena, the teacher said one more and looked around as if looking for an answer.
     Mäkeläiskä took a washbowl into the kitchen. That teacher was a bit off the rails, indeed. Was that even a name to begin with? Should've suggested Sirkka, which at least was fashionable back then, and then put a Sirkkeli on for good measure. Sirkka Sirkkeli―if it really had to be that quirky.

• Popular given name in Finland from the 1920s to the 1940s.

• Sirkku

• Sirkka is the 46^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 13,245 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,875 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

In western Finland probably from Swedish Sigfrid and Sigurd. In eastern Finland, from Russian Серге́й (Sergéj).

Sirkka

1. a Finnish surname originating as a patronymic

• Sirkka is the 1593^rd (tied with 3 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 537 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• karski, kirkas