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Thanks! (m)

by Caitlín Malia (cait)

7/27/2007, 2:13 AM

So I'm curious, are these Sami names used mostly by Sami people, or by Finns as well? And are there Finnish (not Sami) place names that are given as names to people?

~ Caitlín

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- Kevlar +1

7/27/2007, 3:38 AM

They are used by Finns. A Finnish name book I have calls them "Lapland romanticism names".

I can't think of any Finnish place names that are used as first names, other than names like Kaarina and Loviisa which were first names before they became place names.

- Caitlín Malia (cait)

7/27/2007, 9:09 AM

Very interesting...thanks for the info.

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