Aino

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Gender Feminine
Usage Finnish, Estonian, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced Pron. IE-no(Finnish)
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Meaning & History

Means "the only one" in Finnish. In the Finnish epic the Kalevala this is the name of a girl who drowns herself when she finds out she must marry the old man Väinämöinen.

Related Names

VariantAina(Finnish)
Other Languages & CulturesAina(Danish) Aina(Norwegian) Aina(Swedish)
User SubmissionsAino, Ainó

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Detail from the Aino Triptych by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1891)Detail from the Aino Triptych by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1891)

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Name Days

Estonia: May 10
Finland: May 10
Sweden: June 13

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