Antti
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
The standard short form of Antero and Andreas, cognate to English Andrew. Occasionally also derived from Anton (“Anthony”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Antti
- a male given name
- 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 13 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
- TIMO. »Minä ja sinä yksi, Keskievarin Antti ja Jussi toinen; kuinka monta meittiä ollaan?» kysyi minulta kerran Loimaan mies, ja samoin kysyn minä kanttoorilta nyt.
- TIMO: You and I make one, Coachhouse Antti and Jussi make two, so how many of us are there? That's what the man from Loimaa asked me once, and now I'm asking the sexton.
- 1954, Väinö Linna, Tuntematon sotilas, WSOY, published 1970, page 148:
- —Rokkaha mie. Antero on etunim. Antiksha minnuu on sanottu koko ikkäi, ja niihä mie sanon itsekkii.
- —Me, I'm Rokka. Antero's my given name. I've been called Antti all my life and that's what I call myself.
- 1975, Kaarlo Isotalo, Nuori isäntä ja hänen naisensa Aila, Uusi kirjakerho, published 1976, →ISBN, page 31:
- —En muista, opettaja sanoi ja lisäsi: —Heikki! Nimi kuulosti tutulta. Se oli tavallinen miehen nimi. Eihän tällä kylällä ollutkaan kuin Heikkejä, Matteja, Kalleja ja Antteja.
- I don't remember, teacher said and added: —Heikki! The name rang a bell. It was a common male name. After all, this village only had Heikkis, Mattis, Kalles and Anttis.
- 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 13 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
- a Finnish surname transferred from the given name
Usage notes edit
- Common since the Middle Ages. For example, the most popular first name of men born in Finland in 1984-1986.
Declension edit
Inflection of Antti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Antti | Antit | ||
genitive | Antin | Anttien | ||
partitive | Anttia | Antteja | ||
illative | Anttiin | Antteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Antti | Antit | ||
accusative | nom. | Antti | Antit | |
gen. | Antin | |||
genitive | Antin | Anttien | ||
partitive | Anttia | Antteja | ||
inessive | Antissa | Anteissa | ||
elative | Antista | Anteista | ||
illative | Anttiin | Antteihin | ||
adessive | Antilla | Anteilla | ||
ablative | Antilta | Anteilta | ||
allative | Antille | Anteille | ||
essive | Anttina | Antteina | ||
translative | Antiksi | Anteiksi | ||
abessive | Antitta | Anteitta | ||
instructive | — | Antein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Related terms edit
- (surname) Anttila
Statistics edit
- Antti is the 7th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 36,838 male individuals (and as a middle name to 18,089 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Antti belongs to 61 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.