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Finnish
Etymology
Vernacular form of the biblical Daavid (“David”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Taavetti
- a male given name; much more common as a middle name
- 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 9 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
JUHANI. Jumalan haltuun, Mäkelä! ja sinä, Karilan Taavetti, mene Herran huomaan ja nimeen.- JUHANI: God keep you, Mäkelä. And you too, Taavetti Karila, go in God's name and keeping.
1931, Frans Emil Sillanpää, “Nuorena nukkunut”, in Silja ja Ihmiset suviyössä, Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho, published 1988, →ISBN, pages 62- 63:Noin kahden vuoden kuluttua syntyi heille ilman enempiä ihmeitä sitten poika, joka kasteessa sai nimekseen Taavetti, joka oli ollut vanhan isäntävainaan ensimmäinen nimi.- Around two years later they got a boy with no particular problems or miracles, who was christened Taavetti, the first name of the old householder, by then dead.
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Statistics
- The given name Taavetti belongs to 99 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,705 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.