Eero
Appearance
Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Eero
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Ergo, Erik, Erki, or Erko, equivalent to English Eric
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Medieval vernacular form of Eerik (“Eric”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Eero
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eerikki, Erik, or Erkki, equivalent to English Eric
- 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers. Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola ), Chapter 1:
- Veljesten nimet vanhimmasta nuorimpaan ovat: Juhani, Tuomas, Aapo, Simeoni, Timo, Lauri ja Eero.
- In order of age, the brothers are Juhani, Tuomas, Aapo, Simeoni, Timo, Lauri, and Eero.
- 2010, Heikki Turunen, Hämärätunnin tarinoita, WSOY, →ISBN, page 137:
- ―Ja minä olen Eero, Eero sanoo jotenkin haastavasti.
―Vai Erkki.
―Ei kun Eero. Eero Juhani Oinonen.
―Erkki lerkki kirjanmerkki, Pääkkönen sanoo. Pannusta kahvia kaatavalla äidillä on lysti.- ―And I am Eero, Eero said in a somewhat daring tone.
―Vai Erkki.
―No, it's Eero. Eero Juhani Oinonen.
―Erkki lerkki kirjanmerkki, Pääkkönen said. The mother, pouring coffee out of the pot, had fun.
- ―And I am Eero, Eero said in a somewhat daring tone.
- 2011, Johanna Sinisalo, Enkelten verta, Teos, →ISBN, page 187:
- Lapsen nimeksi pantiin Eero, sekin oli Marja-Tertun tahto, hänen isoisänsä nimi. Joku tuttava vitsaili seitsemästä veljeksestä, eikös nyt aloitettu ihan väärästä päästä, [ - - - ]
- We named the child Eero. That was Marja-Terttu's wish too, as her grandfather had been named that. One of our acquaintances did start joking about the seven brothers and how we had started from the wrong end, [ - - - ]
- 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers. Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola ), Chapter 1:
- a Finnish surname transferred from the given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Eero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Eero | Eerot | |
genitive | Eeron | Eerojen | |
partitive | Eeroa | Eeroja | |
illative | Eeroon | Eeroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Eero | Eerot | |
accusative | nom. | Eero | Eerot |
gen. | Eeron | ||
genitive | Eeron | Eerojen | |
partitive | Eeroa | Eeroja | |
inessive | Eerossa | Eeroissa | |
elative | Eerosta | Eeroista | |
illative | Eeroon | Eeroihin | |
adessive | Eerolla | Eeroilla | |
ablative | Eerolta | Eeroilta | |
allative | Eerolle | Eeroille | |
essive | Eerona | Eeroina | |
translative | Eeroksi | Eeroiksi | |
abessive | Eerotta | Eeroitta | |
instructive | — | Eeroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Eero is the 31st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 17,717 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6,912 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Eero belongs to 54 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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