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Finnish
Etymology
Vernacular form of the biblical Nikodemus (“Nicodemus”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Teemu
- a male given name
1864, Aleksis Kivi, Nummisuutarit, SKS, published 1956, act II:Ole hyvässä rauhassa, Teemu, ja hellitäppä taasen viulustasi iloinen polska!- Be in peace, Teemu, and let your violin play a jolly polska again!
1994, Anja Angel, Vaitiolo taattu, WSOY, →ISBN, page 35:Mattoa läimiessään hän päätti ottaa taiteilijanimekseen Timin. Teemu oli lapsesta saakka inhonnut nimeään. Mielessään hän oli yhdistänyt Teemun tossuun, kunnes Teemu Selänne oli alkanut pärjätä kiekkokaukalossa.- He decided to take Tim as his pen name while beating the carpet. Teemu had loathed his name since childhood. He had always associated the name Teemu with a slipper, until Teemu Selänne had begun to do well in ice hockey.
Declension
Statistics
- Teemu is the 23rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 20,202 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,446 more), and also belongs to 5 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.