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The name Ali is also used in various other cultures as a given name. Among English speakers it is used as a short form of male or female names starting with "Ali", such as Alice, Alison, Alisha, Alistair, Alexander, or Alexandra. In Old Norse, Áli and Åle are alternative forms of Onela. Ali is a Finnish male given name, derived from ...
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. Since then, the almanac has been gradually changed to include new, popular names. [19]
Pages in category "Finnish masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 233 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of first generation Finnish Tatar names. Tatars in Helsinki. (1920). The list contains Mishar Tatar males, who were born in the villages of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (then Governorate), Sergachsky District, and settled in Finland as merchants in late 1800s and early 1900s. Most of them were from Aktuk.
In Finland, the use of patronymics was a result of relatively-recent Swedish influence and remained uncommon outside official documents. It was only in the 19th century that the use of patronymics gained any sort of popularity among the Finnish-speaking lower classes. [31] Family names became obligatory in Finland by law in 1920. [32]
Aili is a Finnish, Sami and Estonian female given name, with the pronunciation [aɪliː]. It is the Finnish variation of the name Helga, via the Sami Áile, deriving ultimately from heilagr, meaning "holy", or "blessed". Ailikki is a diminutive.
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 .
Aulis is a masculine Finnish given name. The name means "helpful", "generous". Notable people with the name include: Aulis Akonniemi, Finnish shot putter; Aulis Kallakorpi, Finnish ski jumper; Aulis Koponen, Finnish footballer; Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish football player and football manager; Aulis Sallinen, Finnish contemporary classical music ...