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meaning of name Jarkko

by alayna (guest)

4/4/2006, 12:13 AM

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knows the meaning of the name Jarkko. It's a male, Finnish name. I can't seem to find anything on it!

Thanks,
alayna

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- Mar (X-Mar)

4/4/2006, 3:29 AM

The Dutch male name Jarco and female name Jarka are pet forms of Jarich, this last name is a short form of names that start with the element Ger which means "spear". (quoting my name book here)

Jarkko might be related to this.

- Kevlar +10

4/4/2006, 6:16 AM

Jarkko is a Finnish form of Jeremiah. Related names are Jarno, Jarmo, and Jorma.

- Mar (X-Mar) +9

4/4/2006, 6:30 AM

just a question: where do the k's come from if it is related to Jeremiah? I can see the link to Jarmo and Jarno, but I find it hard to see the link to Jarkko.

- Kevlar +8

4/4/2006, 7:23 AM

Jarkko was originally a nickname for Jarmo. Other Finnish names with additional k's include the very common Jukka and Pekka. I guess we Finns just like the letter k.

- Mar (X-Mar)

4/4/2006, 7:35 AM

....and twice in a row as well! :)

- Ylva +5

4/4/2006, 1:50 PM

Two K's mean a long K-sound

One K means a short K-sound.

Spelling it KK instead of CK is rather logical imo. The letter C is not used in Finnish, neither is X (KS does the job just fine).

This is an answer to Mar's post.

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
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This message was edited 4/4/2006, 1:51 PM

- Andy ;—) (guest) +4

4/4/2006, 11:47 PM

How do you get a long K-sound?

- Ylva +3

4/5/2006, 3:06 AM

Just try and say it

Try saying an ordinary English word like "look", "back" or "tricky". First with as short K-sound as possible and then with a longer K-sound. With a longer K-sound you just linger longer on the K.

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

- Andy ;—) (guest) +1

4/5/2006, 6:24 AM

I did! I always thought, K was an explosive sound. But I realise that making explosions last longer may cause some difficulties …

- Caprice

4/5/2006, 12:03 PM

Finnish have many such combinations

If you say "riita" (REE-tah), it means "fight" or "argument", but if you say Riitta (REETT-ah), it's a name (a variant of Britta).

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- Mar (X-Mar)

4/5/2006, 7:21 AM

interesting, I never noticed that before!

- Marija Luminitsa

4/4/2006, 2:46 PM

Interesting to know. :-) It is my best friend's boyfriend's name.

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