Message: "Hillervo" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Hillervo

by Lemuel (guest)

4/26/2004, 3:04 AM

Where from comes a Finnish female name Hillervo? It has been used as a family name too.

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- Lemuel (guest)

4/28/2004, 4:07 AM

Thanks to everybody.

- Satu (guest)

4/27/2004, 10:05 PM

Hi Lemuel,

The meaning of Hillervo does not seem to be clear. It is the name of a fairy of waterfalls and streams in Finnish folk poems.

Regards, Satu

- Lassia (guest)

4/27/2004, 12:54 AM

The little-used name Hillervo has been a mystery for me, too. I'd say it's a variant of Hillevi, formed along the lines of the ancient Finnish female name Tellervo (as well as the male names Kullervo, Pellervo and Kalervo).

Lass

- Svetlana (guest)

4/26/2004, 5:31 PM

The root "hill" in finnish words like hillantä or hillike means check, restrain. I gather the name might mean "the one with a restrain".

- Caprice (guest)

4/26/2004, 1:00 PM

Sounds like a variant of Hillevi - but I'm sure Satu can help you!

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