Sampo

From the sampo in the Kalevala. Character in a fairy tale Sampo Lappelill by Topelius, used by real persons since early 20th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmpo/,
• Rhymes: -ɑmpo
• Syllabification^(key): Sam‧po

Sampo

1. a male given name from Finnish
   • 1874 Zachris Topelius, Sampo Lappalainen (from Swedish Sampo Lappelill 1866), Lukemisia lapsille 2:nen osa, Werner Söderström (1893), page 170:

     Ukolla ja ämmällä oli pikku poika, jonka nimi oli Sampo, ja sitä nimeä pidetään onnea tuottavana Lapissa.

     The old man and woman had a little boy, who was named Sampo, and in Lapland that name is considered to bring good fortune.

   • 1978, Simo Hämäläinen, Kätkäläinen, Weilin + Göös, →ISBN, page 11:

     Pietu aloitteli varovasti uudenlaista elämistä, levitteli vakuutuspapereita sekä osamaksusopimuksia ihmisten pöydille pitkin pitäjää. Yhdessä ahkeroitiin ensin Tarmo Sampo Kaleva. Sitten tuli tyttö, ja kylillä arvailtiin jo nimeksi Singeriä, vaan tulija ristiä rapsautettiinkin Kaisaksi.

     Pietu slowly began to live his new life, spread the insurance papers and hire purchase contracts on the tables of people across the rural municipality. One first had a Tarmo Sampo Kaleva. Then there was a girl, who the villagers thought would be named Singer, yet would end up being christened Kaisa.

2. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

• Sampo is the 197^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,080 male individuals (and as a middle name to 420 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Sampo belongs to 136 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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