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Aino
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aino aïno AINO
English
Noun
p
en Ainu an ethnic group of Japan
Proper noun
en Ainu a language
Anagrams
en aino AION Aion Inoa Iona naio naoi onia
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from et fi Aino.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female Finnish
Usage notes
Popular in the 1930s.
Related terms
et Ainu
Finnish
+ (mythology)
Etymology
From fi aino only, a poetic variant of fi ainoa only, sole, also in the sense unique. The name was 1 fi Elias Lönnrot Finnish physician and philologist, the editor of the Kalevala, for its second edition (1849) by capitalizing the fi aino in phrases like fi aino tytti the only girl of the first edition (1835). It began to gain popularity as a given name a decade or two later.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
A heroine in the Kalevala.
fi 1849 w:Kalevala Eino Friberg, 1988 3:517-522: Tuot' itken tämän ikäni, / Puhki polveni murehin: / Annoin Aino siskoseni, / Lupasin emoni lapsen / Väinämöiselle varaksi, / Laulajalle puolisoksi, / This is why I'll weep forever, / What I'll mourn throughout my lifetime: / That I gave my sister Aino, / Even pledged my mother's child / To Väinämöinen as a helpmate, / And provider for the singer, /
fi female Finnish
fi 1959 w:Väinö Linna Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1 WSOY 1965 159 Muu väki oikeastaan pitikin välittömästä Ilmarista. Aino-neiti sen sijaan olikin jo lapsena hillitty. Lapset olivat todella saaneet suomalaiset nimet, vieläpä Kalevalasta. Tyttöä sanottiin kuitenkin Aniksi. The rest of the people liked the natural character of Ilmari. Miss Aino on the other hand had been reserved since childhood. The names were very Finnish, straight from the Kalevala. The girl was often called Ani, however.
fi 2017 w:fi:Roope Lipasti Ruotsinlaiva Atena 978-952-300-342-2 27 Aino oli nimensä mukaisesti ainoa lapsi. As Aino's name suggested, she was the only child.
Usage notes
The most popular first name for women born in Finland in 1916-1927 and again in 2006 and 2020.
Declension
Ain o a
Derived terms
fi Aija
fi Aina
fi Aini
fi Ainikki
Statistics
dvv_20250813 20465 16098 21
References
Anagrams
fi aino aion anoi
fi Finnic mythology