Finnish Famous Baby Names

Is a male badminton player from Finland.Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men

Is a male badminton player from Finland.Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Shon Seung-mo of Korea.

Is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Kärpät of the SM-liiga.

Is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Kärpät of the SM-liiga.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for JJK. During the Veikkausliiga match against Tampe

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for JJK. During the Veikkausliiga match against Tampere United on 23rd April 2010, Tapaninen suffered a broken leg injury, which is estimated to keep him sidelined for at least three months.

Is a retired female backstroke swimmer from Finland. Koivisto competed for her native country at two

Is a retired female backstroke swimmer from Finland. Koivisto competed for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. Her best result was a 14th place with the women's 4×100 m medley relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, alongside Mia Hagman, Minna Salmela, and Marja Pärssinen.

Is a Finnish actress, choreographer and dancer. She is best known for her role as Jenni Vainio in th

Is a Finnish actress, choreographer and dancer. She is best known for her role as Jenni Vainio in the Finnish soap series Salatut elämät which airs on MTV3. Palevaara has been with the series from the beginning, but in year 2001 she had a child and left for maternity leave. Palevaara's pregnancy was written in the series so that her character Jenni had a child. Palevaara returned to the series after her maternity leave.

Is a retired female backstroke swimmer from Finland. Koivisto competed for her native country at two

Is a retired female backstroke swimmer from Finland. Koivisto competed for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. Her best result was a 14th place with the women's 4×100 m medley relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, alongside Mia Hagman, Minna Salmela, and Marja Pärssinen.

Is the current Minister of Transport in the Finnish Council of State.She has Master of Philosophy de

Is the current Minister of Transport in the Finnish Council of State.She has Master of Philosophy degree and is preparing a doctorate degree at University of Joensuu.

Was a Karelian folk singer.

Was a Karelian folk singer.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-Liiga. H

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-Liiga. He played for Tappara, Ilves, JYP, New York Islanders, and Lukko.

Is a retired discus thrower from Finland, best known for finishing in fourth place at the inaugural

Is a retired discus thrower from Finland, best known for finishing in fourth place at the inaugural 1983 World Championships.

The winner of the 2007 Finnish Idols competition.[1] Prior to entering Idols, Koivunen won the Finni

The winner of the 2007 Finnish Idols competition.[1] Prior to entering Idols, Koivunen won the Finnish Karaoke Championships in 2005, and placed third in the Karaoke World Championships the same year.[2] Koivunen's debut album, Fuel for the Fire, was officially released on the 30th of May, although the album had already been released for download sale on the 21st of May. The first single from that album, Hear My Call, was released on May 11th. During the first week of sales Fuel For The Fire jumped immediately to the top of the official album chart, and by June 7, 2007 it had already achieved platinum status with over 40,000 albums sold. Koivunen's album is one of the fastest selling records in Finnish music history, with over 10,000 copies sold in the first week of sales

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Inter Turku and the Finland national football tea

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Inter Turku and the Finland national football team. He can play both as a defensive midfielder or centre-back. Nyman has also played at right-back for Finland.

Is a Finnish javelin thrower.

Is a Finnish javelin thrower.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for KalPa of the SM-Liiga. He was

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for KalPa of the SM-Liiga. He was drafted in the first round, 27th overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

Is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. Vatanen won the W

Is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times.

Is a Finnish contemporary jazz violinist, violist, composer, and researcher. He is famous for using

Is a Finnish contemporary jazz violinist, violist, composer, and researcher. He is famous for using a rare, hybrid 5-string viola (both acoustic and electric) beside violin, his main instrument. He often plucks either instrument with his fingers while holding it like a guitar. This instrumental approach enables him to produce unconventional chords and sounds on violin and viola.[1]

Is a Finnish former middle distance runner.Suhonen was the best Finnish middle distance runner durin

Is a Finnish former middle distance runner.Suhonen was the best Finnish middle distance runner during the late 1980s and the early 1990s and he still holds the national record in the 800 metres, 1.44,10, ran in Zürich on August 16, 1989. He won national c

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman, currently with Färjestads BK of Elitserien. Ari Va

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman, currently with Färjestads BK of Elitserien. Ari Vallin was the player who shot the sudden death goal in 2003-2004 SM-liiga playoff finals in Finland against TPS in overtime therefore making the Kärpät team

Is a retired football striker. During his club career, Ophof played for Haka, Vasalunds, HJK Helsink

Is a retired football striker. During his club career, Ophof played for Haka, Vasalunds, HJK Helsinki and Pallo-Iirot.

Is a Finnish figure skater. He is a seven-time (2003-2007, 2009, 2010) Finnish national champion and

Is a Finnish figure skater. He is a seven-time (2003-2007, 2009, 2010) Finnish national champion and has represented Finland at the World Figure Skating Championships. He is the 2008 & 2009 Nordic champion.

An award-winning Finnish singer. She first came to fame as a tango singer; now her repertoire includ

An award-winning Finnish singer. She first came to fame as a tango singer; now her repertoire includes evergreens, Finnish pop, musical theatre, and sacred music.The school was very small and homey. My class had just three pupils. We were good in differen

Is a Finnish poetess and journalist.She moved to Sweden and attended the University of Stockholm, st

Is a Finnish poetess and journalist.She moved to Sweden and attended the University of Stockholm, studying social anthropology, pedagogy, the Finnish language and economic history. She went to Poppius Journalist School to work as journalist. Uusitalo published poems in Swedish and Finnish magazines and worked in Swedish Radio. In 1992, a documentary film was made about her on Finnish television. Arja won a prize for her libretto which was composed by Oliver Kohlenberg and played in Kärsämäki in July 2000.[1]

Was a Finnish movie director and writer. He is best known as a director of a number of Pekka ja Pät

Was a Finnish movie director and writer. He is best known as a director of a number of Pekka ja Pätkä movies.Before his career as a film director Armand Lohikoski had a long career mostly in media industry. He was Among other things he worked as a journalist and as a division director in Finnish Broadcasting Company, where he produced the first radio quiz in Finland, and as a head of Helsinki office of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Films. He was also the first to publish free newspapers in Finland.

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the Marathon.He competed for Finland in the 1932 Summer

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the Marathon.He competed for Finland in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the Marathon where he won the bronze medal.

Was a Finnish communist writer and journalist. He wrote the Anthem of Karelo-Finnish SSR. A citizen

Was a Finnish communist writer and journalist. He wrote the Anthem of Karelo-Finnish SSR. A citizen of two countries, who had several collection of poems published in the Soviet Union. Äikiä was one of the few Finnish exile writers and politicians who in the 1930s and 1940s avoided Stalin's terror and forced labour camps. Back in Finland, when the Communist Party was banned, he spent years in prison and wrote defiant poems.