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English
Etymology
From septic tank (rhyming slang for Yank) + -o (colloquialising suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
Seppo (plural Seppos)
- (Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, derogatory) An American.
- Synonyms: (UK) septic; see also Thesaurus:American
2010, Emily Maguire, Smoke in the Room, page 17:‘So, Adam, you have the privilege of being my first Seppo.’
‘Your first what?’
‘Seppo. You′ve gotta learn to speak Aussie, man. You′re a Yank, so –’
‘No, not a Yankee. I′m from –’
‘The You Ess Ay. Makes you a Yank. Yank rhymes with septic tank. But we like to shorten names and then add an O at the end - but only if we like you. So Yank is kind of neutral. Septic tank is rude. But Seppo, well, it′s affectionate. Get it?’
‘No.’
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Finnish
Etymology
From seppo (“smith, skillful person”), an epithet of the smith Ilmarinen in the Kalevala. Compare Aino.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Seppo
- a male given name
1974, Alpo Ruuth, Kotimaa, Tammi, →ISBN, page 167:Kun meidän esikoinen syntyi, niille annettiin nimeksi Seppo ja Pekka ja Tauno.- Back when we had our eldest son, he was named Seppo and Pekka and Tauno.
1999, Juhani Syrjä, Juho, Gummerus 2008, →ISBN, Juho 19-33, page 182:Tukevalle ja isokouraiselle pojalle annoimme nimeksi Seppo.- We named the sturdy and big-handed boy Seppo.
- a Finnish surname
Usage notes
- Popular in the 1940s and the 1950s, often in the combination Seppo Ilmari.
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Statistics
- Seppo is the 17th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 25,929 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,946 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Seppo belongs to 60 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.