Risto
See also: ristò
English edit
Proper noun edit
Risto
- A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Ристо (Risto)
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Kristo, short form of Kristjan (“Christian”) and Kristofer (“Christopher”).
Proper noun edit
Risto
- a male given name
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Medieval vernacular form of Ancient Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros) (cognate with English Christopher) and of Kristian.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Risto
- a male given name
- The letter R in the Finnish spelling alphabet.
- a Finnish surname transferred from the given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Risto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Risto | Ristot | ||
genitive | Riston | Ristojen | ||
partitive | Ristoa | Ristoja | ||
illative | Ristoon | Ristoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Risto | Ristot | ||
accusative | nom. | Risto | Ristot | |
gen. | Riston | |||
genitive | Riston | Ristojen | ||
partitive | Ristoa | Ristoja | ||
inessive | Ristossa | Ristoissa | ||
elative | Ristosta | Ristoista | ||
illative | Ristoon | Ristoihin | ||
adessive | Ristolla | Ristoilla | ||
ablative | Ristolta | Ristoilta | ||
allative | Ristolle | Ristoille | ||
essive | Ristona | Ristoina | ||
translative | Ristoksi | Ristoiksi | ||
abessive | Ristotta | Ristoitta | ||
instructive | — | Ristoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- (given names) Kristian, Kristo
- (surnames) Ristola, Ristolainen
Statistics edit
- Risto is the 33rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 17,172 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,109 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Risto belongs to 248 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.