Pekka

pekka Finnish Etymology Vernacular form of fi Petrus, at least in Eastern Finland from the fi ru - pet form ru Петька, but possibly also in Western Finland from forms of fi gmq-osw (whence sv Peter and fi Petteri). Pronunciation Proper noun fi male fi 1973 w:fi:Juhani Peltonen Valaan merkkejä WSOY 951-0-05981-1 15 Jos saa esimerkiksi pojan ja aikoo antaa sille aivan tavallisen reilun nimen kuten Pekka tai Kalle tai Erkki, niin muistaa heti jonkun Pekan joka jo kansakoulussa oli päätä pitempi muita, ampui ritsalla lähimmäisiä, heitteli kissoja kaivoihin ja omisti valtavat syyläiset nyrkit, joista sai niin turpiin, että mustelmat on helliä vieläkin. Entäs Kalle, joka ( - - - ). Ei, Pekka, Kalle tai Erkki eivät voi tulla edes ehdokkaiksi, kun nimeä ruvetaan valitsemaan. If you get a son and intend to give him a normal proper name like Pekka or Kalle or Erkki, you get reminded of some Pekka who already in primary school was a head taller than the rest, shot at others with his slingshot, tossed cats down wells and had huge warty fists that would really whoop you so that you could still feel the bruises. Or what about Kalle, who ( - - - (. No, Pekka, Kalle or Erkki would not even be in question when it came to the name. fi card games old maid, Old Maid unpaired card in the children's card game of "Pekka-peli", similar to "old maid" Usage notes In continuous use since the Middle Ages. Also a common second part in conjoined names like fi Jukka-Pekka and fi Veli-Pekka in the 20th century. Declension Pe kk k a Synonyms old maid fi Musta Pekka dated, politically incorrect Derived terms fi pekka Pekkala Pekkanen Pekkarinen fi compounds Ari-Pekka esapekka Jari-Pekka Juha-Pekka Jukka-Pekka Olli-Pekka onnenpekka Pekka-peli resupekka Veli-Pekka velipekka Related terms male given names fi Peetu, fi Pekko, fi Petri, fi Petteri, fi Pietari female given names fi Petra surnames fi Pehkonen, fi Pekkala, fi Pekkanen, fi Pekkarinen, fi Pekkola, fi Pellikka, fi Pellinen, fi Pesonen, fi Pietarinen, fi Pietikäinen, fi Pietilä, fi Pietiläinen, fi Pärssinen Statistics dvv_20250813 28999 45251 11 References