Ahto

Ahto

1. Variation of Ahti, god of waters in Finnish and Estonian mythology.
2. a male given name

• More common than Ahti as an Estonian given name, while Finns prefer Ahti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhto/,
• Rhymes: -ɑhto
• Hyphenation^(key): Ah‧to

A variant of Ahti (mythology), roughly equivalent to Ahti +‎ -o.

Ahto

1. (Finnic mythology) A variation of Ahti, name of the god of the depths, water, and fishing in Finnish mythology.
   • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 48:135-136:

     Ahto, aaltojen isäntä, / Satahauan hallitsija!

     Ahto, master of the billows, / Ruler over a hundred sea caves!

Ahto is used in place of Ahti for the deity in Kalevala to distinguish from the character named Ahti (Ahti Saarelainen, i.e. Lemminkäinen).

A variant of Ahti (given name), roughly equivalent to Ahti +‎ -o.

Ahto

1. a male given name, a rare variation of Ahti
2. a Finnish surname

• Ahto is the 861^st (tied with 4 other names) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 136 male individuals (and as a middle name to 70 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Ahto belongs to 112 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Finnish mythology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• ahot, haot, hota, taho