Eino
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Eino
- a male given name, equivalent to Finnish Eino
Related terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Medieval form of Middle Low German Enewald, a saint with a local cult in southern Finland; from Germanic *agjǭ (“edge, point (of a weapon)”) + *waldą (“rule”). Revived in the 19th century and later also used as a short form of Einari.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Eino
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
Formerly very rare, but made famous by the national poet Eino Leino (1878-1926). The most popular first name for men born in Finland in 1904-1917.
Declension edit
Inflection of Eino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Eino | Einot | ||
genitive | Einon | Einojen | ||
partitive | Einoa | Einoja | ||
illative | Einoon | Einoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Eino | Einot | ||
accusative | nom. | Eino | Einot | |
gen. | Einon | |||
genitive | Einon | Einojen | ||
partitive | Einoa | Einoja | ||
inessive | Einossa | Einoissa | ||
elative | Einosta | Einoista | ||
illative | Einoon | Einoihin | ||
adessive | Einolla | Einoilla | ||
ablative | Einolta | Einoilta | ||
allative | Einolle | Einoille | ||
essive | Einona | Einoina | ||
translative | Einoksi | Einoiksi | ||
abessive | Einotta | Einoitta | ||
instructive | — | Einoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- Eino is the 67th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 10,645 male individuals (and as a middle name to 10,713 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.