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The first given name of Finnish origin, Aino, was accepted in the almanac in 1890, followed by numerous others in 1908. About 30% of Finns born in 1910–1939 received a name with Finnish etymology. [23] By the 1930s, the use of Finnish names and name variants was stabilized, and most of the popular names were noted in the almanac.
Finnish Australians (Finnish: Australiansuomalaiset) are Australian citizens of Finnish ancestry or Finland-born people who reside in Australia. According to Finnish estimates, there are approximately 30,000 Australians of Finnish ancestry, and about 7,500 Finland-born Finns residing in Australia.
The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.
In the Australian censuses, citizens of Nordic background are named as Scandinavian Australians; although Finland is significantly different culturally from Scandinavian countries and as such is not usually included among them, it is still counted as one for the sake of statistics.
The name Australia was specifically applied to the continent for the first time in 1794. [5] The name Australia (pronounced / ə ˈ s t r eɪ l i ə / in Australian English [6]) is derived from the Latin australis, meaning ' southern ', and specifically from the hypothetical Terra Australis postulated in pre-modern geography.
Finns or Finnish people (Finnish: suomalaiset, IPA: [ˈsuo̯mɑlɑi̯set]) are a Baltic Finnic [41] ethnic group native to Finland. [42] Finns are traditionally divided into smaller regional groups that span several countries adjacent to Finland, both those who are native to these countries as well as those who have resettled.
By custom, all Finnish-speaking persons who were able to get a position of some status in urban or learned society, discarded their Finnish name, adopting a Swedish, German or (in the case of clergy) Latin surname. In the case of enlisted soldiers, the new name was given regardless of the wishes of the individual.
Pages in category "Finnish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 905 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .