Sirpa is from the Finnish Sirpa — splinter, piece, fragment — coined as a modern Finnish-language feminine name during the foundational Finnish national language revival (1860s-1920s, Fennoman movement). A modern American baby name in the broader Finnish heritage aesthetic. Sirpa is one of the foundational modern Finnish feminine names. Notable bearers: Sirpa Pietikäinen (born 1959) — foundational Finnish politician + Member of the European Parliament (2008-present) + former Minister of the Environment of Finland (1991-1995) + foundational European People's Party group MEP; Sirpa Lane (1955-1999) — foundational Finnish-Italian actress + foundational European art-house film figure (The Beast 1975 dir. Walerian Borowczyk + Roger Vadim films); Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö — Finnish foundational singer + Eurovision Finland.
Featured throughout Finnish heritage.
Sirpa reduces to five.