Behind the Name: Finnish Names

AMALIA f German, Dutch, English, Finnish, Spanish
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amal, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".

AMANDA f English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber, who based it on Latin amanda meaning "lovable".

ANITA f Spanish, Finnish
Spanish and Finnish pet form of ANA

ANJA f Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene pet form of ANNA

ANNA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNA-LIISA f Finnish
Combination of ANNA and LIISA

ANNE (1) f French, English, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Basque
French form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNELI f Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNI f Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNIINA f Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNIKA f Dutch, Swedish, Finnish
Dutch, Swedish and Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNIKKI f Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNUKKA f Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANSA f Finnish
Derived from Finnish ansio "virtue" or ansa "trap".

ANSELMI m Finnish
Finnish form of ANSELM

ANSSI m Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANSELM

ANTERO m Finnish
Finnish form of ANDREW

ANTTI m Finnish
Finnish form of ANDREW

ANU (1) f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian pet form of ANNA

ARMAS m Finnish
Means "beloved" in Finnish.

ARMO m Finnish
Means "grace, mercy" in Finnish.

ARTO m Finnish
Finnish short form of ARTHUR

ARTTU m Finnish
Finnish short form of ARTHUR

ARTTURI m Finnish
Finnish form of ARTHUR

ARVO m Finnish
Means "value, worth" in Finnish.

AUKUSTI m Finnish
Finnish form of AUGUSTUS

AULIS m Finnish
Means "willing, helpful" in Finnish.

AUNE f Finnish
Finnish form of AGNES

AURORA f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning.

BRITA f Scandinavian, Finnish
Pet form of BIRGITTA

CECILIA f English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]

EDVARD m Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Czech
Cognate of EDWARD

EDVIN m Scandinavian, Finnish, Hungarian
Scandinavian, Finish and Hungarian form of EDWIN

EELIS m Finnish
Finnish form of ELIJAH

EEMELI m Finnish
Finnish form of EMIL

EEMIL m Finnish
Finnish form of EMIL

EERIKA f Finnish
Finnish form of ERICA

EERIKKI m Finnish
Finnish form of ERIC

EERO m Finnish
Finnish form of ERIC... [more]

EETU m Finnish
Finnish form of EDWARD

EEVA f Finnish
Finnish form of EVA

EEVI f Finnish
Finnish form of EVA

EIJA f Finnish
Possibly from the happy exclamation eijaa.

EINO m Finnish
Meaning unknown, possibly a Finnish form of a Scandinavian name.

ELEONOORA f Finnish
Finnish form of ELEANOR

ELIAS m Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish
Cognate of ELIJAH

ELIINA f Finnish
Finnish form of HELEN

ELIISA f Finnish
Finnish short form of ELISABET

ELINA f Finnish
Finnish form of HELEN

ELISA f English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH

ELISABET f Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of ELIZABETH

ELJAS m Finnish
Finnish form of ELIJAH

ELLI (2) f Finnish
Finnish pet form of ELEONOORA

ELSA f English, German, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH

EMILIA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMMA f English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch
Derived from Germanic ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

ENNI f Finnish
Feminine form of EINO

ENSIO m Finnish
Derived from Finnish ensi "first".

ERKKI m Finnish
Finnish form of ERIC

ERNO m Finnish
Finnish form of ERNEST

ESA m Finnish
Finnish form of ISAIAH

ESTER f Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Finnish
Cognate of ESTHER

ESTERI f Finnish
Finnish form of ESTHER

EVELIINA f Finnish
Finnish form of EVELINA

FANNI f Finnish, Hungarian
Finnish pet form of FRANCES

FRANS m Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Dutch, Scandinavian and Finnish form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FREDRIK m Swedish, Finnish
Swedish form of FREDERICK... [more]

HANNA (1) f Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Dutch, Icelandic
Cognate of HANNAH

HANNA (2) f German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Short form of JOHANNA

HANNELE f Finnish
Finnish pet form of JOHANNA or HANNAH

HANNES m Dutch, German, Finnish
Short form of JOHANNES

HANNU m Finnish
Finnish form of JOHANNES

HARRI m Finnish, Welsh
Finnish and Welsh form of HARRY

HEIDI f German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
German pet form of ADELHEID... [more]

HEIKKI m Finnish
Finnish form of HENRY

HEINO m German, Finnish, Estonian
German form of Heimo (see HAMO).

HELEENA f Finnish
Finnish variant of HELENA

HELENA f German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English
Latinate form of HELEN

HELI (2) f Finnish
Pet form of HELENA

HELKA f Finnish
Finnish form of HELGA

HELLÄ f Finnish
Means "gentle, tender" in Finnish.

HELMI f Finnish, Swedish
Pet form of VILHELMIINA or VILHELMINA... [more]

HENNA f Finnish
Finnish feminine form of HENRY

HENRI m French, Finnish
French and Finnish form of HENRY

HENRIIKKA f Finnish
Finnish feminine form of HENRY

HENRIKKI m Finnish
Finnish form of HENRY

HERMANNI m Finnish
Finnish form of HERMAN

HESEKIEL m Finnish
Finnish form of EZEKIEL

HILJA f Finnish
Derived from Finnish hiljaisuus meaning "silence".

HILLEVI f Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish form of HEILWIG

IIDA f Finnish
Finnish form of IDA

IIKKA m Finnish
Finnish form of ISAAC

IINES f Finnish
Finnish form of AGNES

IIRO m Finnish
Finnish pet form of ISAAC

IISAKKI m Finnish
Finnish form of ISAAC

ILARI m Russian, Finnish
Russian and Finnish form of HILARIUS

ILMA f Finnish
Means "air" in Finnish.

ILMARI m Finnish
Short form of ILMARINEN

ILONA f Hungarian, Finnish, Latvian
Hungarian, Finnish and Latvian form of HELEN

ILTA f Finnish
Means "evening" in Finnish.

IMPI f Finnish
Means "virgin" in Finnish.

INKA f Frisian, Finnish
Frisian and Finnish feminine form of INGE

INKERI f Finnish
Finnish form of INGRID

INTO m Finnish
Means "enthusiasm" in Finnish.

IRENE f English, Italian, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene) which meant "peace"... [more]

IRINA f Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish
Cognate of IRENE

IRJA f Finnish
Finnish pet form of IRINA

IRMA f German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English
Short form of names beginning with the Germanic element irmen, which means "whole, universal".

ISMO m Finnish
Finnish form of ISHMAEL

JAAKKIMA m Finnish
Finnish form of JOACHIM

JAAKKO m Finnish
Finnish form of JACOB

JAANA f Finnish
Short form of MARJAANA and other names ending in jaana.

JALMARI m Finnish
Finnish form of HJALMAR

JALO m Finnish
Means "noble, gracious" in Finnish.

JANI m Finnish, Hungarian
Finnish form and Hungarian pet form of JOHN

JANINA f Polish, Finnish, German, Swedish, Lithuanian
Latinate form of JEANNINE

JANNE (1) m Finnish, Swedish
Finnish form of JOHN, as well as a Swedish pet form of JAN (1).

JARI m Finnish
Short form of JALMARI

JASKA m Finnish
Pet form of JAAKKO

JENNI (1) f Finnish
Finnish pet form of JOHANNA