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Estonian
Proper noun
Eero
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Ergo, Erik, Erki, or Erko, equivalent to English Eric
Finnish
Etymology
Medieval vernacular form of Eerik (“Eric”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eero
- 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,
- a Finnish surname transferred from the given name
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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.