Jussi

Finnish

Etymology

Medieval pet form of Johannes (“John”), Juhani and related names, with full given name status since mid-twentieth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjusːi/,
• Rhymes: -usːi
• Syllabification^(key): Jus‧si

Proper noun

Jussi

1. a male given name, and a common diminutive form of names related to Johannes
   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 6 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):

     TIMO. Ja tuossa makaa Juhani kuin mallassäkki.
     EERO. Voi »Poika-Jussia»!
     TIMO. Niin kutsui hän itseänsä pikku-poikana.

     TIMO: And here like a malt sack lies Juhani.
     EERO: Poor-boy Jussi!
     TIMO: That's what he called himself when he was little.

   • 1959, Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla [Under the North Star], volume 1, WSOY, page 1:

     Alussa olivat suo, kuokka — ja Jussi.

     In the beginning, there was a swamp, a mattock — and Jussi.

   • 1997, Heikki Hietamies, Sydän toivoa täynnä, Otava, →ISBN, page 131:

     —Pojasta tulee Jussi...eiks ole komee nimi, Jussi Saari, semmonen miehekäs. Se me otetaan.

     —The boy will be called Jussi...isn't it a handsome name, Jussi Saari, manly in a way. That's what we're going with.

2. The letter J in the Finnish spelling alphabet.
3. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

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Statistics

• Jussi is the 29^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 17,860 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,347 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Jussi belongs to 66 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.