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Eino

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Eino
GenderMale
Language(s)Finnish, Estonian
Name day17 November
Origin
Region of originFinland, Estonia
Other names
Related namesEinar, 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).[citation needed]

People with the given name Eino include:

References

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  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.