This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Finnish; and the pattern is *v* or m*.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Angervo f & m FinnishFrom the Finnish word
Angervo, meaning "Creambush".
Evella f Literature, English (American, Rare), Finnish (Modern, Rare)Created by L. Frank Baum for a princess character in his book
Ozma of Oz. In the book, Evella is the daughter of Evoldo, king of Ev. Since his children's names start with
Ev, Baum has might created the name by using the suffix
-ella or by elaborating it.
Havu m & f Finnish (Rare)Means "fresh sprig or small branch of a coniferous tree" or "needle of a coniferous tree".
Kivi m Finnish (Archaic)Ancient Finnish name that means "stone" or "rock". Now used extremely rarely. As a surname
Kivi is more common, Finland's national author Aleksis Kivi (born Alexis Stenvall) being the most famous bearer.
Maa m & f FinnishMeans "country, land, earth, ground, soil, suit" in Finnish.
Manna f & m FinnishManna was originally a male name, coming from the names
Immanuel and
Mauno. Later, Manna has been used as a female name, because it ends in an "a".
Meea f FinnishFinnish feminine name. Name day April 27.
Miio m Finnish (Modern)A form of
Mio which is from Astrid Lindgren's children's book Mio, my Mio (also known as Mio, my Son)(Mio, min Mio in Swedish)
Mikki m & f FinnishVariation of
Mikael. Mickey Mouse is known as Mikki Hiiri in Finnish. Mostly used as a masculine name. When used as a feminine name, it might also be used as a diminutive of
Mielikki.
Mimosa f English, Finnish, French, Spanish, Danish, Filipino, ItalianFrom
Mimosa, a genus of plants that are sensitive to touch. The best known plant from that genus is the
Mimosa pudica, better known in English as the
touch-me-not. The plant genus derives its name from Spanish
mimosa, which is the feminine form of the Spanish adjective
mimoso meaning "cuddly".
Mirkku f Finnish (Rare)Diminutive of
Mirja and other names beginning
Mir-. Also a Finnish slang word meaning "girl, woman". Common pet name but rare as a given name.
Muura m & f FinnishShort for "muurain", cloudberry in Finnish.
Myy f FinnishA Finnish variant of
My. A famous bearer is Pikku Myy (Lilla My in Swedish, Little My in English), a character in the Moomin series of books by Tove Jansson.
Onerva f & m FinnishDerived from the Finnish word
onerva meaning "aftergrass; the hay grown after harvesting".
Päiviö m & f FinnishFinnish form of
Peivas as well as a direct derivation from Finnish
päivä "day". While this name is exclusively masculine today, up until the 1940s it was also occasionally used as a feminine name.
Pälvi f Finnish (Rare)From Finnish word
pälvi, meaning a snow free patch on the ground, melted by the sun.
Pellervo m Finnish, Finnish MythologyDerived from Finnish word
pelto "field". In Finnish mytholofy Pellervo (also known as Sampsa Pellervoinen) was a god of fertility, fields and crops.
Siviä f FinnishModern coinage taken from the word
siviä, a dialectal form of
siveä, meaning "chaste".
Sulevi m & f FinnishFinnish form of
Sulev. Sulevi have been used by both males and females, but is much more common on males.
Tarvo m Finnish, EstonianDerived from either Old Finnish
tarvas "wild aurochs" or from Estonian
tarv, a dialectal variant of
tarm, "energy, vigour".
Tiivi f & m Finnish (Rare)Tiivi is an alternative name for such birds as the broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus, more commonly used Finnish name is "jänkäsirriäinen") and the Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii, "lapinsirri")... [
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Tuovi f & m FinnishDerived from the place name
Tuovila "village of Tove", a village in Finland. It was invented by the Finnish author Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen for a character of his novel "Pohjan-Piltti" (1859).
Valfrid m & f Swedish, FinnishSwedish and Finnish form of
Walafrid and
Waldfrid, much more common as a male name. Valfrid Palmgren (1877-1967), a Swedish politician and teacher, was a famous female bearer of the name.
Valio m FinnishFrom Finnish
valio meaning "an outstanding individual, a pick, choice, elite".
Valma f Finnish19th-century coinage derived from Finnish
valmu meaning "poppy".
Valtu m FinnishFinnish pet form of names containing the name element
vald "ruler, mighty one, powerful one".
Varma f & m FinnishMeans "sure, certain, reliable" in Finnish.
Vaula f Finnish (Rare)Vaula is both a flower/flowering plant genus ("Asarina" in Latin) and in old Finnish language a little wooden ring that kept a bunch of silver birch branches together in a sauna.
Viena f FinnishVariant of
Vieno. Viena may also refer to the area of White Sea Karelia or White Karelia in the northwestern Russia, known as Vienan Karjala or Viena in Finnish and Karelian.
Viik m FinnishFinnish short form of names containing the name element
VIG "battle, fight" or a Finnish spelling of
Viki.
Vilkas m Lithuanian, FinnishVilkas is part of the Lithuanian language which means "wolf". This name is most famously used in the video game "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" where one of the characters is named Vilkas.... [
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Virpi f FinnishMeans "sapling" in Finnish, a Finnish equivalent of
Virve. It was coined in the early 20th century.
Visa m FinnishFrom Finnish
visakoivu meaning "curly birch".