Tellervo
Finnish
editEtymology
editPossibly simply formed by rhyming with Pellervo.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editTellervo
- In Finnish mythology, a goddess of forest, wife or daughter of Tapio.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 32:251-254:
- Tellervo, Tapion neiti, / Metsän tyttö tylleröinen, / Utupaita, hienohelma, / Hivus keltainen, korea.
- Tellervo, maid of Tapio, / Roly-poly pretty maiden, / Lovely with your hair so yellow, / Gauzy-smocked and elegant-skirted.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 32:251-254:
- a female given name
Declension
editInflection of Tellervo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | Tellervo | Tellervot | ||
genitive | Tellervon | Tellervojen Tellervoiden Tellervoitten | ||
partitive | Tellervoa | Tellervoja Tellervoita | ||
illative | Tellervoon | Tellervoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Tellervo | Tellervot | ||
accusative | nom. | Tellervo | Tellervot | |
gen. | Tellervon | |||
genitive | Tellervon | Tellervojen Tellervoiden Tellervoitten | ||
partitive | Tellervoa | Tellervoja Tellervoita | ||
inessive | Tellervossa | Tellervoissa | ||
elative | Tellervosta | Tellervoista | ||
illative | Tellervoon | Tellervoihin | ||
adessive | Tellervolla | Tellervoilla | ||
ablative | Tellervolta | Tellervoilta | ||
allative | Tellervolle | Tellervoille | ||
essive | Tellervona | Tellervoina | ||
translative | Tellervoksi | Tellervoiksi | ||
abessive | Tellervotta | Tellervoitta | ||
instructive | — | Tellervoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Tellervo is the 494th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 717 female individuals (and as a middle name to 28,808 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.