Peppi
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Peppi Pitkätossu, a character in a children's book by Astrid Lindgren, known in English as Pippi Longstocking. Translated as Peppi by Laila Järvinen in 1946, since Pippi would have negative meanings in Finnish (see pipi, pippeli).
The name may be explained as a short form of Peppina, an Italian diminutive of Giuseppina (“Josephine”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPeppi
- a female given name in regular use since the 1990s.
Declension
editInflection of Peppi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | |||
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nominative | Peppi | Pepit | |
genitive | Pepin | Peppien | |
partitive | Peppiä | Peppejä | |
illative | Peppiin | Peppeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Peppi | Pepit | |
accusative | nom. | Peppi | Pepit |
gen. | Pepin | ||
genitive | Pepin | Peppien | |
partitive | Peppiä | Peppejä | |
inessive | Pepissä | Pepeissä | |
elative | Pepistä | Pepeistä | |
illative | Peppiin | Peppeihin | |
adessive | Pepillä | Pepeillä | |
ablative | Pepiltä | Pepeiltä | |
allative | Pepille | Pepeille | |
essive | Peppinä | Peppeinä | |
translative | Pepiksi | Pepeiksi | |
abessive | Pepittä | Pepeittä | |
instructive | — | Pepein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Peppi is the 216th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,716 female individuals (and as a middle name to 692 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.