Eino

Eino
Gender Male
Language(s) Finnish, Estonian
Name day 17 November
Origin
Region of origin Finland, Estonia
Other names
Related names Einar, Heinar

Eino is a Finnish and Estonian masculine given name. The name is thought to be the Finnic form of the given name Henri.[1] Both Finnish and Estonian languages belong to the Finno-Ugric language group through their being Uralic languages.[2] Another possible origin of the name is the German Enewald (Aginwald).

People with the given name Eino include:

Notes

  1. Balodis, Pauls (August 2009). "Personal Names of Livonian Origin in Latvia: Past and Present" (PDF). In Wolfgang Ahrens; Sheila Embleton; André Lapierre (eds.). Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences. 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences. Toronto, Canada: York University. pp. 105–116. ISBN 978-1-55014-521-2. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. Language relationships are from other Wikipedia articles.
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