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Finnish
Etymology
An alternative name for Väinämöinen in the Kalevala. Taken up as a given name in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Väinö
- a male given name
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 6:117-120:
Elä ammu Väinämöistä, / Kaota kalevalaista! / Väinö on sukua suurta: / Lankoni sisaren poika.- Do not shoot our Väinämöinen, / Kill the man of Kalevala. / He is of a mighty clan / Related through my brother-in-law.
Usage notes
- The most common name of men born in Finland in 1901 - 1903. Returning to fashion in the 2000s.
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Statistics
- Väinö is the 84th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 8,186 male individuals (and as a middle name to 7,838 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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