So a lot of my friends are having babies (primarily in Canada) and like any other North American, I ask what the name choices are going to be.
I discussed these various names with my Finnish friends during a knitting group (which led to their children's names) and how I noticed the name "Tarmo" means "energy" in Finnish and perhaps V�in� should have been named that instead!
Fast forward a few hours of knitting and gossip, and my neighbour who drove me home, asked if I noticed that in general, Finnish people have a 2-syllable first name and a 3-syllable (or more) middle/second name.
That is a common tradition - although not always practiced.
Thinking through all the friends we have - here are some first names for you! (and yes they're mostly all 2-syllables!)
I discussed these various names with my Finnish friends during a knitting group (which led to their children's names) and how I noticed the name "Tarmo" means "energy" in Finnish and perhaps V�in� should have been named that instead!
Fast forward a few hours of knitting and gossip, and my neighbour who drove me home, asked if I noticed that in general, Finnish people have a 2-syllable first name and a 3-syllable (or more) middle/second name.
That is a common tradition - although not always practiced.
Thinking through all the friends we have - here are some first names for you! (and yes they're mostly all 2-syllables!)
- Eino
- Pasi
- Martta
- V�in�
- Sohvi
- Ilkka
- Kirsi
- Olli
- Petrus
- P�ivi
- Kimmo
- Katri
- Lauri
- Heli
- Mikko
- Vilma
- Venla
- Pirkko
- Olavi
- Matti
- Markko
- Kreeta
- Sulevi
- Taneli
- Juhana
- Johanna
- Paula
- Pauliina
- Antti
- Valtteri
- Arttu
Just to name a few!
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