Save Gender Masculine Usage Finnish Pronounced Pron. TOI-mi [key] Meaning & History Derived from Finnish toimi "action, task, chore, duty". Known Finnish bearers of this name are politician Toimi Kankaanniemi (b. 1950), former rower Toimi Pitkänen (b. 1928) and former cross-country skier Toimi Alatalo (b. 1929).