the etymology and history of first names
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Finnish Names
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The names listed here are used in Finland.
MAARIA f Finnish
Finnish form of MARIA
MAARIKA f Finnish, Estonian
Diminutive of MAARIA (Finnish) or MAARJA (Estonian).
MAARIT f Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET
MAIJA f Finnish
Finnish form of MARY
MAINIO m Finnish
Means "excellent" in Finnish.
MARI f Welsh, Breton, Finnish, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Welsh, Breton, Estonian and Finnish form of MARY, as well as a Hungarian diminutive of MÁRIA... [more]
MARIA f & m Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]
MARIKA f Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian
Diminutive of MARY
MARITA (2) f Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET
MARITTA f Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET
MARJA f Dutch, Finnish
Dutch and Finnish form of MARIA... [more]
MARJAANA f Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM
MARJATTA f Finnish
Diminutive of MARJA
MARJO f Finnish
Finnish form of MARIA
MARJUKKA f Finnish
Diminutive of MARJA
MARJUT f Finnish
Diminutive of MARJA
MARKETTA f Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET
MARKKU m Finnish
Finnish form of MARK
MARKO m Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Finnish, Basque
Cognate of MARK
MARKUS m German, Finnish
German and Finnish form of MARK
MARTTA f Finnish
Finnish form of MARTHA
MARTTI m Finnish
Finnish form of MARTIN
MATIAS m Finnish, Portuguese
Finnish and Portuguese form of MATTHIAS
MATILDA f English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak
From the Germanic name Mahthildis meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hild "battle"... [more]
MATLEENA f Finnish
Finnish form of MAGDALENE
MATTI m Finnish
Finnish form of MATTHEW
MAUNO m Finnish
Finnish form of MAGNUS
MAUNU m Finnish
Finnish form of MAGNUS
MAURI m Finnish
Finnish form of MAURICE
MERI f Finnish
Means "the sea" in Finnish.
MERJA f Finnish
Possibly from the name of an ancient Finnish tribe.
MIIA f Finnish
Finnish form of MIA
MIINA f Finnish
Short form of VILHELMIINA
MIKA m Finnish
Finnish short form of MIKAEL
MIKAEL m Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of MICHAEL
MIKKO m Finnish
Finnish form of MICHAEL
MILLA f Scandinavian, Finnish
Short form of CAMILLA and other names that end in milla.
MIMMI f Finnish
Diminutive of VILHELMIINA
MINNA f German, Finnish
German short form of WILHELMINA and a Finnish short form of VILHELMIINA.
MINTTU f Finnish
Means "mint" in Finnish.
MIRJA f Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM
MIRJAM f Dutch, German, Finnish
Dutch, German and Finnish form of MIRIAM
MIRJAMI f Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM
NIILO m Finnish
Finnish form of NICHOLAS
NIINA f Finnish
Short form of ANNIINA
NIKLAS m Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish form of NICHOLAS
NIKO m Finnish, Croatian
Finnish form of NICHOLAS, and a Croatian and Slovene short form of NIKOLA (1)
NOOA m Finnish
Finnish form of NOAH (1)
NOORA f Finnish
Finnish form of NORA
OILI f Finnish
Finnish form of OLGA
OIVA m Finnish
Means "splendid" in Finnish.
OLAVI m Finnish
Finnish form of OLAF
OLIVIA f English, Italian, Spanish, German, Finnish
This name was first used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Twelfth Night' (1602)... [more]
OLLI m Finnish
Finnish short form of OLAF
ONNI m Finnish
Means "happiness, luck" in Finnish.
ORVOKKI f Finnish
Means "pansy flower" in Finnish.
OSKARI m Finnish
Finnish form of OSCAR
OSKU m Finnish
Short form of OSKARI
OTSO m Finnish
Means "bear" in Finnish.
OTTO m German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Finnish
Later German form of ODO... [more]
PAAVALI m Finnish
Finnish form of PAUL used in the Bible.
PAAVO m Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of PAUL
PÄIVÄ f Finnish
Means "day" in Finnish.
PÄIVI f Finnish
Derived from Finnish päivä "day".
PASI m Finnish
Finnish form of BASIL (1)
PAULA f German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]
PAULI m Finnish
Finnish form of PAUL
PAULIINA f Finnish
Finnish form of PAULINA
PEKKA m Finnish
Finnish form of PETER
PENTTI m Finnish
Finnish form of BENEDICT
PERTTI m Finnish
Short form of ROOPERTTI or ALPERTTI
PERTTU m Finnish
Finnish form of BARTHOLOMEW
PETRA f Greek, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Hungarian, English
Feminine form of PETER... [more]
PETRI m Finnish
Finnish form of PETER
PETTERI m Finnish
Finnish form of PETER
PIETARI m Finnish
Finnish form of PETER used in the Bible.
PIIA f Finnish
Finnish form of PIA
PILVI f Finnish
Means "a cloud" in Finnish.
PINJA f Finnish
Means "stone pine" in Finnish.
PIRITTA f Finnish
Finnish form of BIRGITTA
PIRJO f Finnish
Finnish diminutive of PIRITTA
PIRKKO f Finnish
Finnish diminutive of PIRITTA
PRIITA f Finnish
Finnish form of BRITA
PYRY m Finnish
Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.
RAAKEL f Finnish
Finnish form of RACHEL
RAIMO m Finnish
Finnish form of RAYMOND
RANSU m Finnish
Finnish form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).
RAUHA f Finnish
Means "peace" in Finnish.
REETA f Finnish
Finnish short form of MARGARET
REETTA f Finnish
Finnish short form of MARGARET
REIJO m Finnish
Finnish form of GREGORY
REIMA m Finnish
Finnish form of RAYMOND
REINO m Finnish
Finnish form of REYNOLD
REKO m Finnish
Finnish form of GREGORY
RIIKA f Finnish
Finnish short form of FREDERICA
RIIKKA f Finnish
Finnish short form of FREDERICA
RIINA f Finnish, Estonian
Short form of KATARIINA
RIITTA f Finnish
Finnish short form of PIRITTA
RIKARD m Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of RICHARD
RIKHARD m Finnish
Finnish form of RICHARD
RIKU (1) m Finnish
Finnish short form of RICHARD
RISTO m Finnish, Macedonian
Finnish and Macedonian short form of CHRISTOPHER
RITVA f Finnish
Means "birch branch" in Finnish.
ROOPE m Finnish
Finnish form of ROBERT
ROOPERTTI m Finnish
Finnish form of ROBERT
RUUBEN m Finnish
Finnish form of REUBEN
SAARA f Finnish
Finnish form of SARAH
SÄDE f Finnish
Means "ray of light" in Finnish.
SAIJA f Finnish
Diminutive of SARI
SAKARI m Finnish
Finnish form of ZECHARIAH
SAKKE m Finnish
Diminutive of SAKARI
SAKU m Finnish
Finnish form of ZECHARIAH
SALLI f Finnish
Finnish form of SALLY
SALOMON m French, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish
French, Scandinavian, Finnish and Polish form of SOLOMON
SAMI (1) m Hungarian, Finnish
Hungarian and Finnish diminutive of SAMUEL
SAMPO m Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]
SAMPPA m Finnish
Finnish form of SAMSON
SAMU m Hungarian, Finnish
Hungarian and Finnish diminutive of SAMUEL
SAMULI m Finnish
Finnish form of SAMUEL
SANDRA f Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]
SANTERI m Finnish
Finnish short form of ALEXANDER
SANTTU m Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ALEXANDER
SARI f Finnish
Finnish form of SARAH
SATU f Finnish
Means "fairy tale, fable" in Finnish.
SAULI m Finnish
Finnish form of SAUL
SEBASTIAN m German, English, Scandinavian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
From the Roman name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste" in Latin... [more]
SEIJA f Finnish
Derived from Finnish seijas meaning "tranquil, serene".
SENJA f Finnish
Finnish form of KSENIYA
SEPI m Finnish
Finnish diminutive of SEPPO (1) or SEBASTIAN
SEPPO (1) m Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish seppä "smith"... [more]
SEPPO (2) m Finnish
Finnish diminutive of SEBASTIAN
SEVERI m Finnish
Finnish form of Severus (see SEVERO).
SIIRI f Finnish
Finnish short form of SIGRID
SILJA f Finnish
Finnish diminutive of CECILIA
SIMO m Finnish, Serbian
Finnish and Serbian form of SIMON
SINI f Finnish
Means "blue" in Finnish... [more]
SINIKKA f Finnish
Elaborated form of SINI
SIRPA f Finnish
Derived from Finnish sirpale "small piece, fragment".
SISKO f Finnish
Means "sister" in Finnish.
SISU m Finnish
Means "willpower, determination, strength" in Finnish.
SOFIA f Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish
Variant of SOPHIA
SOHVI f Finnish
Finnish form of SOPHIA
SOINI m Finnish
Finnish form of SVEN
SONJA f German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian
Cognate of SONYA
STIINA f Finnish
Finnish short form of CHRISTINA
SULO m Finnish
Means "charm, grace" in Finnish.
SUOMA f Finnish
Derived from Finnish Suomi meaning "Finland".
SUSANNA f Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]
SUVI f Finnish
Means "summer" in Finnish.
SYLVI f Finnish
Finnish form of SILVIA
TAAVETTI m Finnish
Finnish form of DAVID
TAAVI m Finnish
Finnish form of DAVID
TÄHTI f Finnish (Rare)
Means "star" in Finnish.
TAHVO m Finnish
Finnish form of STEPHEN
TAIKA f Finnish (Rare)
Means "magic, spell" in Finnish.
TAIMI f Finnish
Means "sapling, young tree" in Finnish.
TAINA f Finnish
Finnish short form of TATIANA
TAISTO m Finnish
Means "battle" in Finnish.
TANELI m Finnish
Finnish form of DANIEL
TANJA f German, Finnish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Short form of TATIANA
TAPANI m Finnish
Finnish form of STEPHEN
TAPIO m Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown. Tapio was the Finnish god of forests, animals, and hunting.
TARJA f Finnish
Finnish form of DARIA
TARMO m Finnish
Means "energy" in Finnish.
TARU f Finnish
Means "legend, myth" in Finnish.
TATU m Finnish
Diminutive of TANELI
TAUNO m Finnish
Means "peaceful, modest" in Karelian Finnish.
TEA f German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Short form of THEODORA or DOROTHEA
TEEMU m Finnish
Finnish form of NICODEMUS
TEIJA f Finnish
Finnish form of DOROTHEA
TEPPO m Finnish
Finnish short form of STEPHEN
TERESA f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]
TERHI f Finnish
Short form of Terhenetär, which was derived from Finnish terhen "mist"... [more]
TERHO m Finnish
Means "acorn" in Finnish.
TERO m Finnish
Short form of ANTERO
TERTTU f Finnish
Means "bunch, cluster" in Finnish.
TEUVO m Finnish
Finnish short form of THEODORE
TIIA f Finnish
Short form of DOROTHEA
TIINA f Finnish
Short form of KRISTIINA
TILDA f English, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of MATILDA
TIMO (1) m Finnish
Finnish form of TIMOTHY or TIMON
TOINI f Finnish
Finnish form of ANTONIA
TOIVO m Finnish
Means "hope" in Finnish.
TOMI m Finnish, Hungarian
Finnish and Hungarian diminutive of THOMAS
TOMMI m Finnish
Finnish diminutive of THOMAS
TONI (1) m Finnish
Finnish form of ANTHONY
TOPI m Finnish
Finnish short form of TOBIAS
TOPIAS m Finnish
Finnish form of TOBIAS
TORSTI m Finnish
Finnish form of TORSTEN
TUIJA f Finnish
Means "cedar" in Finnish.
TUOMAS m Finnish
Finnish form of THOMAS
TUOMO m Finnish
Finnish form of THOMAS
TUULA f Finnish
Variant of TUULI
TUULI f Finnish
Means "wind" in Finnish.
TUULIKKI f Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Means "little wind" in Finnish, derived from tuuli "wind"... [more]
TYYNE f Finnish
Derived from Finnish tyyni "calm, serene".
UKKO m Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Means "old man" in Finnish... [more]
ULLA f Scandinavian, Finnish
Diminutive of ULRIKA
ULRIIKKA f Finnish
Finnish feminine form of ULRICH
ULRIKA f German, Scandinavian, Finnish
German and Scandinavian feminine form of ULRICH... [more]
UOLEVI m Finnish
Finnish form of OLAF
URHO m Finnish
Means "brave" in Finnish.
URSULA f English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]
USKO m Finnish
Means "faith" in Finnish.
VÄINÖ m Finnish
Short form of VÄINÄMÖINEN
VALTO m Finnish
Finnish form of WALDEMAR
VALTTERI m Finnish
Finnish form of WALTER
VANAMO f Finnish
Means "twinflower" in Finnish.
VAPPU f Finnish
Finnish form of WALBURGA
VARPU f Finnish
From the Finnish name for a type of berry bush.
VEERA f Finnish
Finnish form of VERA (1)
VEIKKO m Finnish
Diminutive of VELI
VELI m Finnish
Means "brother" in Finnish.
VENLA f Finnish
Finnish feminine form of WENDEL
VESA m Finnish
Means "sprout, young tree" in Finnish.
VIENO f & m Finnish
Means "gentle" in Finnish.
VIIVI f Finnish
Finnish form of VIVIAN
VILHELMI m Finnish
Finnish form of WILLIAM
VILHELMIINA f Finnish
Finnish feminine form of WILLIAM
VILHELMINA f Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish feminine form of WILLIAM
VILHO m Finnish
Finnish short form of WILLIAM
VILJAMI m Finnish
Finnish form of WILLIAM
VILJO m Finnish
Finnish short form of WILLIAM
VILLE m Finnish
Finnish short form of WILLIAM
VILPPU m Finnish
Finnish form of PHILIP
VIRVA f Finnish
Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp"... [more]
VOITTO m Finnish
Means "victory" in Finnish.
VUOKKO f Finnish
Means "anemone flower" in Finnish.
YRJÄNÄ m Finnish
Finnish form of GEORGE
YRJÖ m Finnish
Finnish form of GEORGE
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