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Finnish
Etymology
Medieval vernacular form (particularly in western and northern Finland) of the Vulgate Latin Stephanus, brought to Finland as a Catholic saint's name. Equivalent to English Stephen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tapani
- a male given name
1840, Kanteletar:2:30 Monisulhonen:Mont’ on sulhoa minulla,
yks’ on Yrtti, toinen Tortti,
kolmas koito Paalikkainen,
neljäs Nerkko niemen päässä,
viies Vinnyrin Tapani,
1985, Sisko Latvus, Elina, eronnut nainen, →ISBN, pages 109–110:Mitä siitä on, neljä vuottako, Janne Tapanin ristiäisistä? Niin, niin, neljä vuotta. Silloin tämä poika kastettiin Tapaniksi, isänsä mukaan. Tapani, Stefanus, sijaiskärsijä.- How long has it been, four years, from when Tapani was christened, Janne? Yes yes, four years since this boy was christened Tapani after his father. Tapani, Stephanus, the surrogate victim.
1991, Salme Aejmelaeus, Marraskuun vuokot, Karisto, →ISBN, page 132:Pikkuveli ristittiin Kauko Tapaniksi. Äiti piti kovin Hilja Haahden kirjoista, ja yhdessä niistä oli Tapani-niminen poika, mikä antoi kimmokkeen nimelle.- My little brother was christened Kauko Tapani. My mother really liked books by HIlja Haahti, and one of them had a boy named Tapani, which inspired the name.
- a Finnish surname transferred from the given name
Usage notes
- Used since the Middle Ages. A popular middle name today.
Declension
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Statistics
- Tapani is the 162nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,914 male individuals (and as a middle name to 130,687 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- Tapani is the 2524th (tied with 7 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 318 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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