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Risto

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Risto (Russian: Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from Hristofor or Hristivoje.[1] It may refer to:

Estonia

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Finland

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Macedonia

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Montenegro

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Serbia

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Other nationalities

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  • Risto Darlev (born 1954), Yugoslav former wrestler
  • Risto Mejide (born 1975), Spanish publicist, author, music producer and songwriter, judge on the television show Operación Triunfo
  • Risto Savin, Slovenian composer
  • Risto Siliqi (1882–1936), Albanian poet, publicist, lawyer, and militant of the Albanian national cause

Fictional characters

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  • Risto Reipas, Finnish translation for Christopher Robin
  • Risto Räppääjä or Ricky Rapper, main character in Finnish children's fantasy books and comic strips by Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola

Other uses

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (1955). Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika. U kńižarnici L. Hartmana. RISTO, Risto, Rista ili Riste, m. ime muško, hyp. od Hristofor ili Hristivoje. U Vukovu rječniku s naznač. akc. (vide Hristo). (XV-XVIII v.)

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