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Finnish
Etymology
From taisto (“battle”) at the end of the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Taisto
- a male given name
1979, Taisto Huuskonen, Laps Suomen, WSOY, →ISBN, page 54:―Mitäs se kaimasi siellä juttelee? hän kysyi yllättäen.
―Mikä kaima? äimistyin.
―No Boris. Eikös sinulla ole sellikaverinasi sen niminen. Ja se on sama kuin Taisto.
―Ei ole ollut siitä puhetta, sanoin yllättyneenä.- ―What's your namesake over there talking about? he suddenly asked.
―What namesake? I asked puzzled.
―Boris of course. Don't you have a cellmate of that name. He's the same as Taisto.
―I haven't really talked about it, I said surprised.
1991, Riitta Vartti, Pispalan enkeli, Gummerus, →ISBN, pages 142–143:―Yhteen aikaan kaikki nimet aina tarkotti niiko jotain, Reino sanoi. ―Meitin naapurisa oli Voitto, Rauha, Usko, Taisto ja Sulo. Vai olikos se nuorin Vieno, se ei käyny enää koulua samaan aikaan meitin kansa.
―On ne parempia nimiä kun ne kaikki vanhat ruotsalaiset, joita ei osaa kukaa ihminen sanookkaa, äiti sanoi.- ―Back then all the names meant something, Reino said. ―We had neighbors like Voitto, Rauha, Usko, Taisto and Sulo. Or the youngest one might've been Vieno, he was too young and I was never in school with him.
―Those are all better than those old Swedish names that nobody can say anyway, mother said.
1993, Jari Tervo, Poliisin poika, WSOY, →ISBN, page 79:Kummasti olen ylpeä nimestäni, Taistosta.- I saw strangely proud of my name, Taisto.
Usage notes
- There was a popularity peak for this name during World War Two (1939-1944).
Declension
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Statistics
- Taisto is the 150th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,159 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,117 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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