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Ahti m Finnish, Estonian, Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown. This is the name of the Finnish god of the ocean, rivers and fishing.

Aili f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of Áile.

Anneli f Finnish, Estonian, Swedish, German
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Annelie, as well as a German variant.

Anni f Finnish, Estonian, German, Danish
Finnish, Estonian, German and Danish diminutive of Anna.

Anti m Estonian
Estonian form of Andrew.

Eevi f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of Eva.

Elvi f Finnish, Estonian
Short form of Elviira.

Erkki m Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of Eric.

Harri m Finnish, Estonian, Welsh
Finnish, Estonian and Welsh form of Harry.

Heiki m Estonian
Estonian form of Heinrich (see Henry).

Heli 2 f Finnish, Estonian
Diminutive of Helena. In Estonian this coincides with the word heli meaning "sound".

Imbi f Estonian
Estonian cognate of Impi.

Jüri m Estonian
Estonian form of George.

Kadi f Estonian
Short form of Katariina.

Kadri 1 f Estonian
Estonian form of Katherine.

Kai 2 f Estonian
Short form of Kaia.

Kaidi f Estonian
Short form of Katariina.

Kati f Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Katariina and a Hungarian diminutive of Katalin.

Kersti f Swedish, Estonian
Variant of Kerstin.

Kristi f English, Estonian
Diminutive of Christina or Christine (English) or Kristiina (Estonian).

Külli f Estonian
Originally a short form of Külliki, now used independently.

Külliki f Estonian
Estonian form of Kyllikki.

Lauri m Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Leili 1 f Estonian
Probably from Laila 2, but also associated with Estonian leil meaning "vapour, steam". It became popular due to Andres Saal's novel Leili (1892).

Liisi f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Elisabet or Eliisabet.

Mai 3 f Estonian, Norwegian, Danish, Breton
Diminutive of Maria. This is also the Estonian and Norwegian name for the month of May.

Mari 1 f Estonian, Finnish, Welsh, Breton, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Georgian, Armenian
Estonian, Finnish, Welsh and Breton form of Maria, as well as a Hungarian diminutive of Mária. It is also a Scandinavian, Georgian and Armenian form of the French name Marie.

Mati m Estonian
Estonian form of Matthew.

Meeli f Estonian
Feminine form of Meelis.

Milvi f Estonian
Coined by Estonian writer Mats Tõnisson in 1914, of uncertain meaning.

Olavi m Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of Olaf.

Pilvi f Finnish, Estonian
Means "cloud" in Finnish and Estonian.

Siiri f Estonian, Finnish
Estonian and Finnish diminutive of Sigrid.

Taavi m Estonian, Finnish
Estonian and Finnish form of David.

Tähti f Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Means "star" in Finnish and Estonian.

Taimi f Finnish, Estonian
From Finnish taimi meaning "sapling, young tree" or Estonian taim meaning "plant" (words from a common origin).

Talvi f Estonian
Derived from Estonian talv meaning "winter".

Tuuli f Finnish, Estonian
Means "wind" in Finnish and Estonian.

Viivi f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of Vivi.

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