Kyrö
Finnish
editEtymology
editPossibly from a dialectal geographical term kyrö, which could have originally referred to rocky ground.[1][2] However, the dialectal term is scarcely attested, which makes this uncertain. The surname is from the place name.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKyrö
- (historical) A rural municipality, split over time during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries into (among others) Isokyrö, Hämeenkyrö and Ikaalinen.
- a Finnish surname transferred from the place name
Declension
editInflection of Kyrö (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kyrö | Kyröt | |
genitive | Kyrön | Kyröjen | |
partitive | Kyröä | Kyröjä | |
illative | Kyröön | Kyröihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kyrö | Kyröt | |
accusative | nom. | Kyrö | Kyröt |
gen. | Kyrön | ||
genitive | Kyrön | Kyröjen | |
partitive | Kyröä | Kyröjä | |
inessive | Kyrössä | Kyröissä | |
elative | Kyröstä | Kyröistä | |
illative | Kyröön | Kyröihin | |
adessive | Kyröllä | Kyröillä | |
ablative | Kyröltä | Kyröiltä | |
allative | Kyrölle | Kyröille | |
essive | Kyrönä | Kyröinä | |
translative | Kyröksi | Kyröiksi | |
abessive | Kyröttä | Kyröittä | |
instructive | — | Kyröin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Statistics
edit- Kyrö is the 1790th (tied with 4 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 477 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
edit- ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN