Kuka Olen's Personal Name List
Yrjö
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: UYR-yuu
Yrjänä
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: UYR-ya-na
Vuokko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VOOK-ko
Means "anemone (flower)" in Finnish.
Voitto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VOIT-to
Means "victory" in Finnish.
Virva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEER-vah
Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp". In folklore, will o' the wisp is a floating ball of light that appears over water.
Vince
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hungarian
Pronounced: VINS(English) VEEN-tseh(Hungarian)
English short form and Hungarian normal form of
Vincent.
Ville
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish
Pronounced: VEEL-leh(Finnish)
Viljo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEEL-yo
Viljami
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEEL-yah-mee
Vilhelmiina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEEL-hehl-mee-nah
Vieno
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: VEE-eh-no
Means "gentle" in Finnish.
Venla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEHN-lah
Finnish feminine form of
Wendel.
Veikko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAYK-ko
From a colloquial form of the Finnish word veli meaning "brother".
Valtteri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAHLT-teh-ree
Valto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAHL-to
Finnish short form of
Valdemar and other names containing
vald.
Väinö
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VIE-nuu
Usko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OOS-ko
Means "faith" in Finnish.
Uolevi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OO-leh-vee
Ukko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: OOK-ko(Finnish)
Means
"old man" in Finnish. In Finnish
mythology Ukko is the god of the sky and thunder.
Tyyne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TUY-neh
Derived from Finnish tyyni meaning "calm, serene".
Tuulikki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: TOO-leek-kee(Finnish)
Means "little wind" in Finnish, derived from tuuli "wind". This was the name of a Finnish forest goddess, the daughter of Tapio.
Tuija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TOOY-yah
Means "cedar" in Finnish.
Torsti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TORS-tee
Topias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TO-pee-ahs
Tommi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TOM-mee
Timo 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: TEE-mo(Finnish, German, Dutch)
Finnish, Estonian, German and Dutch short form of
Timotheus (see
Timothy).
Teuvo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TEW-vo
Terttu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TEHRT-too
Means "bunch, cluster" in Finnish.
Terhi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TEHR-hee
Short form of Terhenetär, which was derived from Finnish terhen meaning "mist". In the Finnish epic the Kalevala Terhenetär is a sprite associated with mist and forests.
Teppo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TEHP-po
Teija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAY-yah
Teemu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TEH-moo
Tea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Slovene, Finnish, Georgian
Other Scripts: თეა(Georgian)
Pronounced: TEH-ah(Finnish)
Tauno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: TOW-no(Finnish)
Means "peaceful, modest" in Karelian Finnish.
Taru
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-roo
Tapio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: TAH-pee-o(Finnish)
Meaning unknown. Tapio was the Finnish god of forests, animals, and hunting.
Tapani
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-pah-nee
Taneli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-neh-lee
Taisto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TIES-to
Means "battle" in Finnish.
Taina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TIE-nah
Taimi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: TIE-mee(Finnish)
From Finnish taimi meaning "sapling, young tree" or Estonian taim meaning "plant" (words from a common origin).
Taika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: TAH-ee-kah
Means "magic, spell" in Finnish.
Tahvo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Archaic)
Pronounced: TAHH-vo
Tähti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Pronounced: TAKH-tee(Finnish)
Means "star" in Finnish and Estonian.
Taavi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-vee(Finnish)
Estonian and Finnish form of
David.
Taavetti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-veht-tee
Sylvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: SUYL-vee(Finnish)
Norwegian and Swedish variant of
Solveig. It is also used as a short form of
Sylvia.
Suvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOO-vee
Means "summer" in Finnish.
Suoma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOO-mah
Derived from Finnish Suomi meaning "Finland".
Sulo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOO-lo
Means "charm, grace" in Finnish.
Stella 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Dutch, German
Pronounced: STEHL-ə(English) STEHL-la(Italian) STEH-la(Dutch)
Means "star" in Latin. This name was created by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney for the subject of his collection of sonnets Astrophel and Stella. It was a nickname of a lover of Jonathan Swift, real name Esther Johnson (1681-1728), though it was not commonly used as a given name until the 19th century. It appears in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), belonging to the sister of Blanche DuBois and the wife of Stanley Kowalski.
Spencer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SPEHN-sər(American English) SPEHN-sə(British English)
From an English surname that meant "dispenser of provisions", derived from Middle English spense "larder, pantry". A famous bearer was American actor Spencer Tracy (1900-1967). It was also the surname of Princess Diana (1961-1997).
Sohvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOKH-vee
Sisu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEE-soo
Means "willpower, determination, strength" in Finnish.
Sisko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEES-ko
Means "sister" in Finnish.
Sirpa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEER-pah
Derived from Finnish sirpale meaning "small piece, fragment".
Sinikka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEE-neek-kah
Elaborated form of
Sini, also meaning
"bluebird".
Sini
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEE-nee
Means "blue" in Finnish. More specifically, sini is a poetic term for the colour blue.
Silja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: SEEL-yah(Finnish)
Siiri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish
Pronounced: SEE-ree(Finnish)
Severi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEH-veh-ree
Seppo 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: SEHP-po(Finnish)
Derived from Finnish
seppä meaning
"smith". Seppo Ilmarinen ("the smith
Ilmarinen") is the name of a master craftsman in the Finnish epic the
Kalevala.
Seija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAY-yah
Derived from Finnish seijas meaning "tranquil, serene".
Santtu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAHNT-too
Samu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish
Pronounced: SHAW-moo(Hungarian) SAH-moo(Finnish) SA-moo(Spanish)
Sami 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAH-mee
Sakke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAHK-keh
Saija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SIE-yah
Sadie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAY-dee
Säde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SA-deh
Means "ray of light" in Finnish.
Risto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Macedonian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Ристо(Macedonian, Serbian)
Pronounced: REES-to(Finnish)
Finnish, Estonian, Macedonian and Serbian short form of
Christopher.
Reino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: RAY-no
Reijo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: RAY-yo
Rauha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: ROW-hah
Means "peace" in Finnish.
Ransu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: RAHN-soo
Finnish form of
Franciscus (see
Francis).
Priita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: PREE-tah
Pinja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEEN-yah
Means "stone pine" in Finnish.
Pietari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEE-tah-ree
Finnish form of
Peter used in the Bible.
Petteri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEHT-teh-ree
Perttu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEHRT-too
Pertti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEHRT-tee
Pentti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PENT-tee
Penelope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Πηνελόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEH-NEH-LO-PEH(Classical Greek) pə-NEHL-ə-pee(English)
Probably derived from Greek
πηνέλοψ (penelops), a type of duck. Alternatively it could be from
πήνη (pene) meaning "threads, weft" and
ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". In
Homer's epic the
Odyssey this is the name of the wife of
Odysseus, forced to fend off suitors while her husband is away fighting at Troy.
It has occasionally been used as an English given name since the 16th century. It was moderately popular in the 1940s, but had a more notable upswing in the early 2000s. This may have been inspired by the Spanish actress Penélope Cruz (1974-), who gained prominence in English-language movies at that time. It was already rapidly rising when celebrities Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick gave it to their baby daughter in 2012.
Pekka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEHK-kah
Pauli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: POW-lee
Pasi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PAH-see
Päivä
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: PAY-va
Means "day" in Finnish.
Paavo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: PAH-vo(Finnish)
Finnish and Estonian form of
Paul.
Paavali
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: PAH-vah-lee
Finnish form of
Paul used in the Bible.
Osku
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OS-koo
Oskari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OS-kah-ree
Orvokki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OR-vok-kee
Means "pansy, violet" in Finnish.
Onni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: ON-nee
Means "happiness, luck" in Finnish.
Oliver
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Catalan, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech, Slovak, Carolingian Cycle
Other Scripts: Оливер(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: AHL-i-vər(American English) AWL-i-və(British English) O-lee-vu(German) O-lee-vehr(Finnish) oo-lee-BEH(Catalan) O-li-vehr(Czech) AW-lee-vehr(Slovak)
From Old French
Olivier, which was possibly derived from Latin
oliva "olive tree" [1]. Alternatively there could be an underlying Germanic name, such as Old Norse
Áleifr (see
Olaf) or Frankish
Alawar (see
Álvaro), with the spelling altered by association with the Latin word. In the Middle Ages the name became well-known in Western Europe because of the French epic
La Chanson de Roland, in which Olivier is a friend and advisor to the hero
Roland.
In England Oliver was a common medieval name, however it became rare after the 17th century because of the military commander Oliver Cromwell, who ruled the country following the civil war. The name was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due in part to the title character in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (1838), about a poor orphan living on the streets of London. It became very popular at the beginning of the 21st century, reaching the top rank for boys in England and Wales in 2009 and entering the top ten in the United States in 2017.
Olavi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: O-lah-vee(Finnish)
Finnish and Estonian form of
Olaf.
Noora 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: NO-rah
Nooa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: NO-ah
Niko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Croatian, Slovene, Georgian, German
Other Scripts: ნიკო(Georgian)
Pronounced: NEE-ko(Finnish)
Finnish form of
Nicholas, as well as a Croatian, Slovene, Georgian and German short form.
Niklas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, German
Pronounced: NIK-las(Swedish) NEEK-lahs(Finnish) NI-klas(German)
Niilo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: NEE-lo
Mirjami
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEER-yah-mee
Mirja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEER-yah
Minttu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEENT-too
Means "mint" in Finnish.
Minna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Archaic), Finnish, Swedish
Pronounced: MI-na(German) MEEN-nah(Finnish)
Means
"love" in Old German, specifically medieval courtly love. It is also used as a short form of
Wilhelmina. This is the name of the title character in the play
Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Milo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: MIE-lo(English)
Old German form of
Miles, as well as the Latinized form. This form was revived as an English name in the 19th century
[2].
Milla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: MEEL-lah(Finnish)
Short form of
Camilla and other names that end in
milla.
Mikko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEEK-ko
Mika 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEE-kah
Miina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEE-nah
Miia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEE-ah
Merja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEHR-yah
Possibly from the name of an ancient Finnish tribe.
Meri 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEH-ree
Means "sea" in Finnish.
Mauri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MOW-ree
Maunu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MOW-noo
Mauno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MOW-no
Matti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAHT-tee
Matleena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAHT-leh-nah
Matias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Portuguese
Pronounced: MAH-tee-ahs(Finnish)
Finnish and Portuguese form of
Matthias.
Martta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAHRT-tah
Markku
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAHRK-koo
Finnish form of
Marcus (see
Mark).
Marjut
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAHR-yoot
Marjukka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAHR-yook-kah
Marjo 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Dutch
Pronounced: MAHR-yo
Finnish and Dutch form of
Maria.
Marjatta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAHR-yaht-tah
Marjaana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAHR-yah-nah
Marja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Sorbian, Dutch
Pronounced: MAHR-yah(Finnish) MAHR-ya(Dutch)
Finnish and Sorbian form of
Maria, as well as a Dutch variant. It also means "berry" in Finnish.
Maritta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAH-reet-tah
Marika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Swedish, Georgian, Italian, German
Other Scripts: Μαρίκα(Greek) მარიკა(Georgian)
Pronounced: MA-ri-ka(Czech) ma-REE-ka(Polish, Swedish, German) MAW-ree-kaw(Hungarian) MAH-ree-kah(Finnish)
Mari 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish, Welsh, Breton, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Georgian, Armenian
Other Scripts: მარი(Georgian) Մարի(Armenian)
Pronounced: MAH-ree(Finnish) MAW-ree(Hungarian) mah-REE(Swedish)
Estonian, Finnish, Welsh and Breton form of
Maria, as well as a Hungarian
diminutive of
Mária. It is also a Scandinavian, Georgian and Armenian form of the French name
Marie.
Margot
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MAR-GO
Mainio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: MIE-nee-o
Means "excellent" in Finnish.
Maija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Latvian
Pronounced: MIE-yah(Finnish)
Finnish and Latvian variant of
Maria or
Marija. The Latvian playwright Anna Brigadere used this name for the main character in her play
Maija un Paija (1922).
Maarika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish
Pronounced: MAH-ree-kah(Finnish)
Lyyti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: LUY-tee
Luukas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LOO-kahs
Finnish form of
Lucas (see
Luke).
Lumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LOO-mee
Means "snow" in Finnish.
Loviisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LO-vee-sah
Finnish feminine form of
Louis.
Lotta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: LOT-tah(Finnish)
Liisi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: LEE-see(Finnish)
Liina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish
Pronounced: LEE-nah(Finnish)
Lempi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LEHM-pee
Means "love" in Finnish.
Leena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: LEH-nah(Finnish)
Lauri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: LOW-ree(Finnish)
Finnish and Estonian form of
Laurentius (see
Laurence 1).
Laura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, French, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Lithuanian, Latvian, Late Roman
Pronounced: LAWR-ə(English) LOW-ra(Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch) LOW-ru(Portuguese) LOW-rə(Catalan) LAW-RA(French) LOW-rah(Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) LAW-oo-raw(Hungarian)
Feminine form of the Late Latin name
Laurus, which meant
"laurel". This meaning was favourable, since in ancient Rome the leaves of laurel trees were used to create victors' garlands. The name was borne by the 9th-century Spanish martyr
Saint Laura, who was a nun thrown into a vat of molten lead by the Moors. It was also the name of the subject of poems by the 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch.
As an English name, Laura has been used since the 13th century. Famous bearers include Laura Secord (1775-1868), a Canadian heroine during the War of 1812, and Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), an American author who wrote the Little House on the Prairie series of novels.
Launo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Lassi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LAHS-see
Lasse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Pronounced: LA-sə(Danish) LAHS-seh(Finnish)
Lari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LAH-ree
Lahja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LAHH-yah
Means "gift" in Finnish.
Kyösti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KYUUS-tee
Kyllikki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: KUYL-leek-kee(Finnish)
Derived from Finnish kyllä "abundance" or kyllin "enough". This is the name of a character in the Finnish epic the Kalevala.
Kylli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KUYL-lee
Kusti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KOOS-tee
Kustaa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KOOS-tah
Kukka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KOOK-kah
Means "flower" in Finnish.
Kirsikka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-seek-kah
Means "cherry" in Finnish.
Kirsi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-see
Finnish form of
Christina, or a short form of
Kirsikka. It also means "frost" in Finnish.
Kiira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEE-rah
Finnish feminine form of
Cyrus.
Kielo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEE-lo
Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish (species Convallaria majalis).
Kerttu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEHRT-too
Kauko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KOW-ko
Means "far away" in Finnish.
Kati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
Pronounced: KAH-tee(Finnish) KAW-tee(Hungarian)
Kata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, Finnish, Croatian
Pronounced: KAW-taw(Hungarian) KAH-tah(Finnish)
Kari 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KAH-ree
Form of
Macarius (see
Macario) used by the Finnish author Juhani Aho in his novel
Panu (1897).
Kalle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: KAL-leh(Swedish) KAHL-leh(Finnish, Estonian)
Swedish
diminutive of
Karl. It is used in Finland and Estonia as a full name.
Kalevi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: KAH-leh-vee(Finnish)
Kaisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: KIE-sah(Finnish)
Kaija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KIE-yah
Kai 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English
Pronounced: KIE(German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English)
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian
diminutive of
Gerhard,
Nicolaas,
Cornelis or
Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.
Kaarle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KAHR-leh
Kaapo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KAH-po
Jyrki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YUYR-kee
Jyri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YUY-ree
Jussi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOOS-see
Julian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Polish, German
Pronounced: JOO-lee-ən(English) JOOL-yən(English) YOO-lyan(Polish) YOO-lee-an(German)
From the Roman name
Iulianus, which was derived from
Julius. This was the name of the last pagan Roman emperor, Julian the Apostate (4th century). It was also borne by several early
saints, including the legendary Saint Julian the Hospitaller. This name has been used in England since the Middle Ages, at which time it was also a feminine name (from
Juliana, eventually becoming
Gillian).
Jukka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOOK-kah
Juho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOO-ho
Finnish short form of
Juhani, now used independently.
Juhani
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOO-hah-nee
Finnish form of
Iohannes (see
John).
Juha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOO-hah
Finnish short form of
Juhani, now used independently.
Jouni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YO-nee
Jouko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YO-ko
Jooseppi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Archaic)
Pronounced: YO-sehp-pee
Joakim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Јоаким(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: YOO-a-kim(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) YO-ah-keem(Finnish) YAW-a-keem(Macedonian)
Scandinavian, Macedonian and Serbian form of
Joachim.
Jaska
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAHS-kah
Jari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAH-ree
Janne 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: YAN-neh(Swedish) YAHN-neh(Finnish)
Jalo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAH-lo
Means "noble, gracious" in Finnish.
Jalmari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAHL-mah-ree
Jaakko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAHK-ko
Irja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EER-yah
Into
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EEN-to
Means "enthusiasm" in Finnish.
Inkeri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EENG-keh-ree
Inka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Frisian, German
Pronounced: EENG-kah(Finnish) ING-ka(German)
Finnish and Frisian feminine form of
Inge.
Ilta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EEL-tah
Means "evening" in Finnish.
Ilona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, German, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Pronounced: EE-lo-naw(Hungarian) ee-LO-na(German) EE-lo-na(German) EE-lo-nah(Finnish) ee-LAW-na(Polish) I-lo-na(Czech)
Old Hungarian form of
Helen, possibly via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word
ilona, a derivative of
ilo "joy".
Ilmari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EEL-mah-ree
Ilari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EE-lah-ree
Iisakki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EE-sahk-kee
Iiro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EE-ro
Iikka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EEK-kah
Hilja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: HEEL-yah(Finnish)
Means "silent, quiet" in Finnish and Estonian (a rare poetic word).
Hermanni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHR-mahn-nee
Henna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHN-nah
Finnish feminine form of
Heinrich (see
Henry).
Hellä
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHL-la
Means "gentle, tender" in Finnish.
Heino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: HIE-no(German) HAY-no(Finnish)
German form of
Haimo (see
Hamo).
Heikki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HAYK-kee
Finnish form of
Heinrich (see
Henry).
Hannu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HAHN-noo
Hannele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HAHN-neh-leh
Hanna 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Dutch, Icelandic, Hungarian, Arabic, Hebrew
Other Scripts: Ганна(Ukrainian, Belarusian) حنّة(Arabic) חַנָּה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: HAN-na(Swedish, Icelandic, Arabic) HAN-nah(Danish) HAHN-nah(Finnish) KHAN-na(Polish) HAN-nu(Ukrainian) HA-na(German) HAH-na(Dutch) HAWN-naw(Hungarian)
Form of
Ḥanna (see
Hannah) in several languages.
Esteri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EHS-teh-ree
Erkki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: EHRK-kee(Finnish)
Finnish and Estonian form of
Eric.
Enni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EHN-nee
Eljas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EHL-yahs
Elina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Swedish
Pronounced: EH-lee-nah(Finnish) eh-LEE-nah(Swedish)
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of
Helen.
Eliisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EH-lee-sah
Eleonoora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: EH-leh-o-no-rah
Eino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: AY-no(Finnish)
Meaning unknown, possibly a Finnish form of a Scandinavian name.
Eija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AY-yah
Possibly from the Finnish happy exclamation eijaa.
Eetu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EH-too
Eelis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EH-lees
Edvard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Czech, Armenian
Other Scripts: Էդվարդ(Armenian)
Pronounced: EHD-vahd(Swedish, Norwegian) EH-vahd(Danish) EHD-vahrd(Finnish) EHD-vart(Slovene) EHD-vard(Czech) ehd-VAHRD(Eastern Armenian) eht-VAHRT(Western Armenian)
Form of
Edward in several languages. Notable bearers include the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) and the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944).
Dinah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: דִּינָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: DIE-nə(English) DEE-nə(English)
Dimitri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Georgian, French
Other Scripts: Димитрий(Russian) დიმიტრი(Georgian)
Pronounced: dyi-MYEE-tryee(Russian) DEE-MEE-TREE(Georgian, French)
Russian variant of
Dmitriy, as well as the Georgian form.
Daniil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian, Greek
Other Scripts: Даниил(Russian) Данііл(Belarusian) Δανιήλ(Greek)
Pronounced: də-nyi-EEL(Russian)
Russian, Belarusian and Greek form of
Daniel.
Cecilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Romanian, Finnish
Pronounced: seh-SEE-lee-ə(English) seh-SEEL-yə(English) cheh-CHEE-lya(Italian) theh-THEE-lya(European Spanish) seh-SEE-lya(Latin American Spanish) seh-SEEL-yah(Danish, Norwegian) sə-SEE-lee-a(Dutch)
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name
Caecilius, which was derived from Latin
caecus meaning
"blind".
Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she was beheaded. She was later regarded as the patron saint of music and musicians.
Due to the popularity of the saint, the name became common in the Christian world during the Middle Ages. The Normans brought it to England, where it was commonly spelled Cecily — the Latinate form Cecilia came into use in the 18th century.
Bernard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Dutch, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: bər-NAHRD(American English) BU-nəd(British English) BEHR-NAR(French) BEHR-nahrt(Dutch) BEHR-nart(Polish, Croatian, Czech)
Derived from the Old German element
bern "bear" combined with
hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". The
Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English
cognate Beornheard. This was the name of several
saints, including Saint Bernard of Menthon who built hospices in the Swiss Alps in the 10th century, and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th-century theologian and Doctor of the Church. Other famous bearers include the Irish playwright and essayist George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and the British World War II field marshal Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976).
Avdotya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Авдотья(Russian)
Aune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OW-neh
Aulis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OW-lees
Means "willing, helpful" in Finnish.
Aukusti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OW-koos-tee
Artturi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHRT-too-ree
Aristarkh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аристарх(Russian)
Pronounced: u-ryi-STARKH
Anushka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Sinhalese
Other Scripts: अनुष्का(Hindi) අනුෂ්කා(Sinhala)
Meaning uncertain, possibly inspired by the Russian name
Annushka.
Anu 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: AH-noo
Anssi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHNS-see
Ansa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHN-sah
Derived from Finnish ansio "virtue" or ansa "trap".
Annushka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аннушка(Russian)
Annukka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHN-nook-kah
Annikki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHN-neek-kee
Annika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Estonian, German, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AN-ni-ka(Swedish) AH-nee-ka(Dutch) AHN-nee-kah(Finnish) A-nee-ka(German) AN-i-kə(English) AHN-i-kə(English)
Anneli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Swedish, German
Pronounced: AHN-neh-lee(Finnish) A-nə-lee(German)
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of
Annelie, as well as a German variant.
Anja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, German, Dutch
Other Scripts: Ања(Serbian)
Pronounced: AN-ya(Swedish, Croatian, Serbian, German) AHN-yah(Finnish) AHN-ya(Dutch)
Form of
Anya in several languages.
Ania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Russian
Other Scripts: Аня(Russian)
Pronounced: A-nya(Polish)
Anatoli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Анатолий(Russian) Анатолій(Ukrainian) ანატოლი(Georgian)
Pronounced: u-nu-TO-lyee(Russian) u-nu-TAW-lyee(Ukrainian) A-NA-TAW-LEE(Georgian)
Alyosha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алёша(Russian)
Pronounced: u-LYUY-shə
Altti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHLT-tee
Allochka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аллочка(Russian)
Alla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Алла(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: AL-lə(Russian) AL-lu(Ukrainian)
Meaning unknown, possibly of German origin.
Aleksi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Bulgarian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Алекси(Bulgarian) ალექსი(Georgian)
Pronounced: AH-lehk-see(Finnish)
Finnish, Bulgarian and Georgian form of
Alexius.
Aleksey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Russian form of
Alexius. This name was borne by a 14th-century Metropolitan of Kiev who is regarded as a
saint in the Orthodox Church. It was also the name of a 17th-century tsar of Russia.
Aleksei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Akulina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Акулина(Russian)
Aku 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AH-koo
Aksinya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аксинья(Russian)
Pronounced: u-KSYEE-nyə
Akilina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Акилина(Russian)
Russian form of the Roman name
Aquilina, a feminine derivative of
Aquila.
Aino
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: IE-no(Finnish)
Means
"the only one" in Finnish. In the Finnish epic the
Kalevala this is the name of a girl who drowns herself when she finds out she must marry the old man
Väinämöinen.
Adrian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Other Scripts: Адриан(Russian)
Pronounced: AY-dree-ən(English) a-dree-AN(Romanian) A-dryan(Polish) A-dree-an(German) u-dryi-AN(Russian)
Form of
Hadrianus (see
Hadrian) used in several languages. Several
saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI. As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it was not popular until modern times.
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