Leino
See also: leino
Finnish
editEtymology
editPossibly derived from some medieval Germanic given name (Low German Lein, Leineke), but often interpreted as leino (“sad”), and for that reason adopted by many Finns with Swedish surnames in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLeino
- a Finnish surname transferred from the given name, notably of the poet Eino Leino
Declension
editInflection of Leino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Leino | Leinot | ||
genitive | Leinon | Leinojen | ||
partitive | Leinoa | Leinoja | ||
illative | Leinoon | Leinoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Leino | Leinot | ||
accusative | nom. | Leino | Leinot | |
gen. | Leinon | |||
genitive | Leinon | Leinojen | ||
partitive | Leinoa | Leinoja | ||
inessive | Leinossa | Leinoissa | ||
elative | Leinosta | Leinoista | ||
illative | Leinoon | Leinoihin | ||
adessive | Leinolla | Leinoilla | ||
ablative | Leinolta | Leinoilta | ||
allative | Leinolle | Leinoille | ||
essive | Leinona | Leinoina | ||
translative | Leinoksi | Leinoiksi | ||
abessive | Leinotta | Leinoitta | ||
instructive | — | Leinoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editStatistics
edit- Leino is the 112th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 5,627 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.