Finnish Names
Finnish names are used in the country of Finland in northern Europe.
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Finnish
678Vilhelmiina is a Finnish feminine given name, the Finnish form of William. It derives from the German name Wilhelmina, which itself is a feminine form of Wilhelm, the German equivalent of William. The root name William c...
Vilho is a Finnish given name, functioning as a diminutive of Vilhelm, the Scandinavian and Finnish form of William. While originally a short form, Vilho has gained widespread use in Finland as an independent name for bo...
Vili is a masculine given name used in Finnish, Hungarian, and Slovene. It is a diminutive of Vilmos, Viljem, or Vilhelm, all of which are vernacular forms of William. Etymology The name ultimately derives from the Germa...
Vilja is a feminine given name used primarily in Estonia and Finland. It has competing etymologies rooted in the languages of the two countries. In Finnish, vilja means “cereal” or “grain,” evoking agricultural abundance...
Viljam is a Finnish given name, a variant of Viljami, itself a cognate of William. Ultimately derived from the Germanic name Willehelm, meaning "will helmet" — composed of the elements willo ("will, desire") and helm ("h...
Viljami is the Finnish form of William, a name of Germanic origin meaning “will helmet” or “resolute protection.” The name entered Finnish through Swedish influence, with Viljami emerging as a distinctly Finnish adaptati...
Viljo is a Finnish masculine given name, functioning as a diminutive of Vilhelm, the Scandinavian and Finnish form of William. The name traces its roots back to the Germanic Willehelm, composed of the elements willo mean...
Ville is a Finnish and Swedish diminutive of Vilhelm and other Germanic names beginning with Vil, such as Vilhart or Vilmar. It is pronounced VEEL-leh in Finnish and VILL-eh in Swedish. While simple and modern-sounding,...
Vilma is a feminine given name used in several European languages, including Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, and Swedish. It is the local...
Vilppu is a Finnish variant form of the name Philip, ultimately derived from the Greek name Φίλιππος (Philippos), meaning "friend of horses". This compound name comes from the elements φίλος (philos, "friend, lover") and...
Viola is a feminine name meaning "violet" in Latin, derived from the classical Latin word for the flower. The name is used across multiple European languages, including Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian,...
Virpi is a Finnish feminine given name, meaning "sapling, sprig" in the Finnish language. Rooted in nature, the name evokes imagery of new growth and vitality, typical of Finnish onomastic traditions that draw from the n...
Virva is a Finnish female given name, possibly derived from the Finnish compound word virvatuli, meaning “will o' the wisp”—a floating ball of light in folklore that appears over water, especially in marshy areas. The na...
Virve is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name. Its meaning is rooted in the Estonian language, where virve signifies "ripple" or "shimmer" – a poetic reference to the gentle movement of water or the play of light....
Voitto is a Finnish masculine given name derived directly from the Finnish word voitto, meaning "victory". It was coined in the 19th century as a native Finnish equivalent to the Latin name Victor, which also carries the...
Vuokko is a Finnish feminine given name and surname derived directly from the Finnish word vuokko, meaning "anemone", a type of flower. As a given name, Vuokko belongs to the category of floral names that gained populari...
Yrjänä is a Finnish masculine given name, derived as a variant of Jurian, the medieval Low German form of George. The name ultimately traces its roots to the Greek Geōrgios (Γεώργιος), meaning “farmer” or “earthworker,”...
Yrjö is a Finnish masculine given name, the Finnish equivalent of George. It is derived from the medieval Low German form Jurian, itself a variant of George. The name George comes from the Greek Γεώργιος (Georgios), mean...