Eero

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Estonian

Proper noun

Eero

  1. a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Ergo, Erik, Erki, or Erko, equivalent to English Eric

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Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of Eerik (Eric).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Eero

  1. a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eerikki, Erik, or Erkki, equivalent to English Eric
    • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers. Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola ), Chapter 1:
      Veljesten nimet vanhimmasta nuorimpaan ovat: Juhani, Tuomas, Aapo, Simeoni, Timo, Lauri ja Eero.
      In order of age, the brothers are Juhani, Tuomas, Aapo, Simeoni, Timo, Lauri, and Eero.
    • 2010, Heikki Turunen, Hämärätunnin tarinoita, WSOY, →ISBN, page 137:
      ―Ja minä olen Eero, Eero sanoo jotenkin haastavasti.
      ―Vai Erkki.
      ―Ei kun Eero. Eero Juhani Oinonen.
      ―Erkki lerkki kirjanmerkki, Pääkkönen sanoo. Pannusta kahvia kaatavalla äidillä on lysti.
      ―And I am Eero, Eero said in a somewhat daring tone.
      ―Vai Erkki.
      ―No, it's Eero. Eero Juhani Oinonen.
      Erkki lerkki kirjanmerkki, Pääkkönen said. The mother, pouring coffee out of the pot, had fun.
    • 2011, Johanna Sinisalo, Enkelten verta, Teos, →ISBN, page 187:
      Lapsen nimeksi pantiin Eero, sekin oli Marja-Tertun tahto, hänen isoisänsä nimi. Joku tuttava vitsaili seitsemästä veljeksestä, eikös nyt aloitettu ihan väärästä päästä, [ - - - ]
      We named the child Eero. That was Marja-Terttu's wish too, as her grandfather had been named that. One of our acquaintances did start joking about the seven brothers and how we had started from the wrong end,
  2. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

Declension

Inflection of Eero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Eero Eerot
genitive Eeron Eerojen
partitive Eeroa Eeroja
illative Eeroon Eeroihin
singular plural
nominative Eero Eerot
accusative nom. Eero Eerot
gen. Eeron
genitive Eeron Eerojen
partitive Eeroa Eeroja
inessive Eerossa Eeroissa
elative Eerosta Eeroista
illative Eeroon Eeroihin
adessive Eerolla Eeroilla
ablative Eerolta Eeroilta
allative Eerolle Eeroille
essive Eerona Eeroina
translative Eeroksi Eeroiksi
abessive Eerotta Eeroitta
instructive Eeroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Eero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Eeroni Eeroni
accusative nom. Eeroni Eeroni
gen. Eeroni
genitive Eeroni Eerojeni
partitive Eeroani Eerojani
inessive Eerossani Eeroissani
elative Eerostani Eeroistani
illative Eerooni Eeroihini
adessive Eerollani Eeroillani
ablative Eeroltani Eeroiltani
allative Eerolleni Eeroilleni
essive Eeronani Eeroinani
translative Eerokseni Eeroikseni
abessive Eerottani Eeroittani
instructive
comitative Eeroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Eerosi Eerosi
accusative nom. Eerosi Eerosi
gen. Eerosi
genitive Eerosi Eerojesi
partitive Eeroasi Eerojasi
inessive Eerossasi Eeroissasi
elative Eerostasi Eeroistasi
illative Eeroosi Eeroihisi
adessive Eerollasi Eeroillasi
ablative Eeroltasi Eeroiltasi
allative Eerollesi Eeroillesi
essive Eeronasi Eeroinasi
translative Eeroksesi Eeroiksesi
abessive Eerottasi Eeroittasi
instructive
comitative Eeroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Eeromme Eeromme
accusative nom. Eeromme Eeromme
gen. Eeromme
genitive Eeromme Eerojemme
partitive Eeroamme Eerojamme
inessive Eerossamme Eeroissamme
elative Eerostamme Eeroistamme
illative Eeroomme Eeroihimme
adessive Eerollamme Eeroillamme
ablative Eeroltamme Eeroiltamme
allative Eerollemme Eeroillemme
essive Eeronamme Eeroinamme
translative Eeroksemme Eeroiksemme
abessive Eerottamme Eeroittamme
instructive
comitative Eeroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Eeronne Eeronne
accusative nom. Eeronne Eeronne
gen. Eeronne
genitive Eeronne Eerojenne
partitive Eeroanne Eerojanne
inessive Eerossanne Eeroissanne
elative Eerostanne Eeroistanne
illative Eeroonne Eeroihinne
adessive Eerollanne Eeroillanne
ablative Eeroltanne Eeroiltanne
allative Eerollenne Eeroillenne
essive Eeronanne Eeroinanne
translative Eeroksenne Eeroiksenne
abessive Eerottanne Eeroittanne
instructive
comitative Eeroinenne

Derived terms

Statistics

  • Eero is the 31st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 17,717 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6,912 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • The surname Eero belongs to 54 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.