Tapio

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Male Name

Usage

Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Finnish name of unknown origin and meaning ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

Tapi	♂
Tapikka	♂
Tapio	♂
Tapsa	♂
Tapsi	♂
Tapso	♂

Name Days

Finland

18 June

Further Information

Mythology

Tapio is the name of the Finnish forest and hunting god ^{[2] [3] [1]}

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		0	0	470	3244
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	6	n.a
Norway[6]		0	0	0	9
Finland[7]		n.a.	3	n.a	135856
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Tapio.

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
2. ↑ Wilhelm Vollmer: Wörterbuch der Mythologie (1874)
3. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi