Pentti

Traditional form of the Latin saint's name Benedictus (“Benedict”), partly via Old Swedish or Swedish Bengt or Bente.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpentːi/,
• Rhymes: -entːi
• Hyphenation^(key): Pent‧ti

Pentti

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict
2. (rare) a Finnish surname transferred from the given name based on the given name

• The most common first name of men born in Finland in 1927 - 1936.

• (surnames) Pennanen, Penttilä, Penttinen, Pynnönen

• Pentti is the 27^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 18,322 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6,624 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• Pentti is the 1084^th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 798 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.