Riku
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
A diminutive of Rikhard, corresponding to English Rick. In eastern Finland also derived from Григо́рий (Grigórij), the Russian cognate of English Gregory.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Riku
- a male given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Riku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Riku | Rikut | ||
genitive | Rikun | Rikujen | ||
partitive | Rikua | Rikuja | ||
illative | Rikuun | Rikuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Riku | Rikut | ||
accusative | nom. | Riku | Rikut | |
gen. | Rikun | |||
genitive | Rikun | Rikujen | ||
partitive | Rikua | Rikuja | ||
inessive | Rikussa | Rikuissa | ||
elative | Rikusta | Rikuista | ||
illative | Rikuun | Rikuihin | ||
adessive | Rikulla | Rikuilla | ||
ablative | Rikulta | Rikuilta | ||
allative | Rikulle | Rikuille | ||
essive | Rikuna | Rikuina | ||
translative | Rikuksi | Rikuiksi | ||
abessive | Rikutta | Rikuitta | ||
instructive | — | Rikuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Riku is the 89th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 7,899 male individuals (and as a middle name to 664 more), and also belongs to 6 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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Romanization edit
Riku