Comments for AINO:

Originally, the character of Aino did not have a name at all. She was referred to as the only sister of Joukahainen ("...aino siskonsa"), but for some reason people thought it was her name and capitalized the word Aino, even though it originally just meant that Joukahainen didn't have other sisters.

-- Anonymous User  7/6/2005

In Japanese, Aino means 'love of'.

-- xcassieanhx  11/26/2005

A bearer of the name is Aino Marsio/Aino Aalto, the wife of Alver Aalto and Finnish architect and designer.

-- Anonymous User  2/20/2006

Pronounced EYE-noh.

-- Soul  4/2/2006

It's sweet, little old-fashioned, but still very, very, VERY pretty name for a girl.

-- Yippal  1/8/2007

I adore this name fully, very pretty for a little girl.

-- Anonymous User  5/3/2007

A famous bearer is Aino Kallas (1878–1956) Finnish (or Finnish-Estonian) writer and poet. Her most famous book is Sudenmorsian (The Wolf's Bride).

-- ToveTer  8/20/2007

Actually the word for "the only one" is nowadays "ainoa". "Aino" is an old fashioned and/or poetic way to say it.

-- Anonymous User  4/2/2008

In the description it says that "Aino" means "my only one" in Finnish. That is not entirely true. There is a Finnish word that means "only", which is "ainoa" or "ainut", obviously close to the name, but not the name exactly. The only place where the word is written as "Aino" meaning "only" is Kalevala, which is written in poem form - with poetic license. And even that is a matter of interpretation. In general Finnish, there is no such word as "Aino", other than as the female name and Kalevala character.

-- Carablea  7/10/2008

This name is very popular in Finland, but also very special. I'm told by a native Finn that "not just anyone" can be an Aino; it has a lot of meaning that is lost once it's taken outside the culture, given its strong link to the Kalevala (probably THE source of Finnish nationalism and culture).

-- violadefacto  9/23/2009

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