Jouko
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Finnish
Etymology
Shortened form of Joukahainen, a figure in the Kalevala.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jouko
- a male given name
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 5:230-235:
- Mene Pohjan tyttärihin! / Siell’ on tyttäret somemmat, / Neiet kahta kaunihimmat, / Viittä, kuutta virkeämmät, / Ei Joukon jorottaria, / Lapin lapsilönttäreitä.
- Go up for the Northland daughters: / There the girls are really stunning, / Damsels twice as beautiful, / Five times, six time livelier- / Not like Jouko's idle gossips / Nor the hoydens out of Lapland.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 5:230-235:
Declension
| Inflection of Jouko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Jouko | Joukot | |
| genitive | Joukon | Joukojen | |
| partitive | Joukoa | Joukoja | |
| illative | Joukoon | Joukoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Jouko | Joukot | |
| accusative | nom. | Jouko | Joukot |
| gen. | Joukon | ||
| genitive | Joukon | Joukojen | |
| partitive | Joukoa | Joukoja | |
| inessive | Joukossa | Joukoissa | |
| elative | Joukosta | Joukoista | |
| illative | Joukoon | Joukoihin | |
| adessive | Joukolla | Joukoilla | |
| ablative | Joukolta | Joukoilta | |
| allative | Joukolle | Joukoille | |
| essive | Joukona | Joukoina | |
| translative | Joukoksi | Joukoiksi | |
| abessive | Joukotta | Joukoitta | |
| instructive | — | Joukoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
- Jouko is the 53rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 14,144 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,766 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.