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Viivi, Finnish

by lala (guest)

12/27/2003, 7:21 PM

meaning of Viivi, please! its Finnish

#Finnish #Viivi

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- Satu (guest) +2

12/28/2003, 3:02 AM

Hei Iala,

Viivi is a Finnish pet form for many names:

Vivian
Sofia
Virginia
Viola
Vilhelmiina (Wilhelmina) etc.

Regards, Satu

- lala (guest) +1

12/28/2003, 2:57 PM

thanks Satu! one more question..

in this case, she says its her first name, not a nick name for nething. Can it be used like that?

thanks once more

*lala

- Satu (guest)

12/28/2003, 9:57 PM

Hi again,

Yes, Viivi is a "complete" given name in Finland as well as e.g. James is in England.

Regards, Satu

- Miranda (Randee15) +3

12/27/2003, 8:01 PM

It almost looks like a Finnish nn of Vivian. I may be really wrong about that though.

Miranda

- Liam (guest) +2

12/30/2003, 5:04 AM

I have a Swedish friend called Vivi and it comes from Viveka. Is it a hangover from when the Swedes used to govern Finnland?

Liam

- Mari (guest) +1

12/30/2003, 7:04 AM

I don`t think so. Finnish and swedish names have many similarities but it doesn`t mean that they wouldn`t have been influenced by other languages. And Viivi is a quite new name in Finland. Probably it hasn`t even been used before the mid 1900s.

- Mari (guest)

12/30/2003, 7:14 AM

I would like to add that Finland became a part of Russia in 1809. After that swedish traditions remained but didn`t have as much effect on finnish culture as before the year 1809.

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