Favorite Popular Finnish Names

General Name Discussion
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Here’s the 50 most popular Finnish names in 2020. Which are your favorites?

https://dvv.fi/documents/16079645/17189857/Suosituimmat+nimet+2020.pdf/a80c83d1-ecbc-465c-1b4f-361de0b37c86/Suosituimmat+nimet+2020.pdf?
One side is all given names and the other side is just first names.
@Luminen Thanks to Karo for the list.

Here are my favorites:

Girls

Sofia
Aurora
Aino-kinda like this for a boy
Alina
Eveliina
Viola
Aleksandra/Alexandra
Kristiina
Elsa
Inkeri
Kaarina
Anneli
Katariina
Lyydia
Isabella
Iida
Siiri
Vanessa
Elsi

Boys

Mikael
Onni (I particularly like the meaning of this one)
Antero
Vaino? (not sure how it’s pronounced since I don’t know how to enter accent marks in google translate)
Oskari
Oiva
Aleksi
Aleksanteri
Sakari
Anton
Otso
Henrik
Lauri
Kaspar
Luka
Akseli

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I really love… :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

[name_f]Aada[/name_f]
[name_f]Anneli[/name_f]
Eveliina
[name_f]Katariina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilja[/name_f]
Lyydia
[name_f]Mette[/name_f]
[name_f]Oona[/name_f]

[name_m]Aarni[/name_m]
[name_m]Alvar[/name_m]
[name_m]Eemil[/name_m]
[name_u]Lauri[/name_u]
[name_m]Lenni[/name_m]
[name_u]Matti[/name_u]
[name_m]Niklas[/name_m]
[name_m]Otso[/name_m]

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Elsa, Lauri, and Henrik are my faves!

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Thanks for starting this thread - it’s fun to see people’s favourites! I’d be happy to read out [name_m]Väinö[/name_m] / other names people don’t know how to pronounce. (Lyydia is another tricky one - it’s a different vowel sound from the [name_f]English[/name_f] Lydia.)

[name_f]My[/name_f] current favourites are:
[name_f]Helmi[/name_f]
[name_f]Anneli[/name_f]
[name_f]Orvokki[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilja[/name_f]
[name_f]Venla[/name_f]
[name_f]Hilma[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilona[/name_f]

Ilmari
Tapio
[name_m]Aatos[/name_m]
[name_m]Otso[/name_m]
[name_m]Lukas[/name_m]
[name_m]Edvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]

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I love [name_f]Oona[/name_f], [name_f]Nella[/name_f], [name_f]Elsa[/name_f], [name_f]Mila[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] and [name_f]Linnea[/name_f] -Jasper, [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] and [name_m]Emil[/name_m] too!

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[name_m]Onni[/name_m]
[name_u]Leo[/name_u]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u] (but on a girl)
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Lauri[/name_u] (again, this would be cute on a girl)
[name_m]Alvar[/name_m]
[name_m]Kasper[/name_m]
[name_u]Milo[/name_u]
[name_m]Rasmus[/name_m]
[name_u]Luka[/name_u]
[name_m]Lukas[/name_m]
[name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]

[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Elli[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Livia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]

Also, I most certainly hope [name_f]Siiri[/name_f] doesn’t move to a country that widely uses [name_f]Apple[/name_f] products. She WILL get bullied.

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Apple products are widely used in Finland but since Siri & Siiri sound obviously different in Finnish, it’s not a big deal. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: I can see it being annoying in an English speaking country though.

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