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The name was invented by the Finnish author Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen for a character of his novel "Pohjan-Piltti" (1859). He took the name from the place name Tuovila, a Finnish form of the Swedish place name Toby, probably originally Toveby = 'village of Tove. [1]
Duová | ♀ |
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Tuovi | ♀/♂ |
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See also Tuovikki
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Nominative: | Tuovi |
Genitive: | Tuovin |
Partitive: | Tuovia |
Finland |
12 December |
Today, Tuovi is used as a female name. Until ca 1945, Tuovi has been used as a male name as well. [2]
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Finland[2] |
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n.a. |
3428 | n.a. |
3139 | n.a. |
289 |
Sweden[3] |
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45 | 79 | 45 | 77 | 0 | 2 |
Denmark[4] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Norway[5] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Greenland[6] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: 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 Tuovi.