Vellamo is the name of a goddess of the waters in Finnish mythology. The name comes from Finnish velloa meaning "to surge, to swell". Origin: Finnish
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According to data from the Population Register Centre of Finland (Väestörekisterikeskus), the most popular baby names in Finland in 2017 were Aino and Leo. Here are Finland’s top 10… 
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Others try to name their child something that works in many languages. Currently names with the letter ‘r’ in them are out of fashion because a Finnish ‘r’ is hard to pronounce internationally. With the exception of the boy's name Väinö, names with umlauts are also dwindling in popularity.
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An interesting read, with some examples of Finnish names past and present.
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Senja (pr. sen-ya) is the Finnish form of Xenia, an Ancient Greek female name meaning “hospitality” from Greek xenos (foreigner, guest). In ancient Greece, xenia was the Greek concept of hospitality towards strangers or friends. It was even an important aspect to the Greek gods, one of the epithets accorded to the god Zeus being Zeus Xenios, the protector of…
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We added a list of Finnish names containing the diminutive ending -kki. Most of them were particularly popular between 1930 and 1960. Have a look!
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Fiona and Dennis are expecting their third child imminently -- a brother for Marianne Isabella and Kassandra Mathilde (you may remember this post about Kassandra's name). Fiona writes: "Marianne's name was picked out way before we considered seriously having children (not a Jane Austen reference, but rather heard o
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I'm rooting for Valtteri - but Elea has some more good suggestions too.
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Suvi (SOO-vee) is a Finnish poetic word name meaning "summer."
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I've liked this name since I first heard it. Unusual, coolly Scandinavian, simple spelling and pronunciation, and like a fresh take on Susie.
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Pinterest Origin: Finnish Meaning: the Finnish form of Gregory, the English form of Latin Gregorius from Greek gregoros meanin
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December is over and so is 2016. So, as we leave behind a turbulent and interesting year, here are some of the names which have struck my fancy this month: Merrily One of my favourite actresses is Anna Maxwell Martin, and this month I came across a supernatural-thriller thre
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Pinterest Origin: Finnish Meaning: from Finnish velloa meaning "to surge, to swell", referring to the movement of the water and th
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“Baby got here on Friday! His name is Taavi Orion (last minute change)! … My husband’s name is David so this was too perfect.”
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Welcome, Taavi! What a smashing name.
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The International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) will organize its first Summer School in Helsinki, Finland from 26 to 30 August 2019.
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Vann, Barnabas, Tapio, Wulfric, Leith, Franz, and Dusk (wow!), Fielding, Emlyn,
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It's a short, sweet nature name with a super-striking look and sound — and 2nd February just so happens to be the name day of this fashionable Finnish choice!
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It means "morning" - lovely!
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Satu is a Finnish female name meaning "fairytale, fable" as well as also being a Malay and Indonesian word meaning "one". Satu Mare is also the name of a city in Romania meaning "great village", Satu meaning "great, large". Origin: Finnish, Malay, Indonesian, Romanian
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Finland's most popular girls name. This #1 pick is a form of the boy's name Wendel, meaning "vandal." An older form is Vendla, and an alternate Swedish form is Vendela.
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Finnish is one of the Finno–Ugric languages, among the few non-Indo–European languages widely spoken in Europe. It's very similar to Estonian, though with some significant differences. Estonian features many German and Russian cognates, due to its long periods of occupation by those powers, whereas Finnish features many Swedish cognates. It might be hard to believe…
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Pinterest Origin: Japanese, Finnish, Swedish, Catalan 愛菜 (Japanese) "love, affection + vegetables, greens" Meaning: a Japanes
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Pinterest Origin: Finnish Meaning: the Finnish form of Ingrid, from Old Nor se Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful" from Old Nors
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Ooh, this is lovely - the fact that it's a form of Ingrid makes it even better.
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Pinterest Origin: Norwegian, Finnish, Indian, Old Norse Meaning: a Norwegian feminine name, the short form of Katarina, a cognate o
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Does the baby boy name Kaarle sound too much like Carly? Would everyone think our boy is a girl?
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