Asko is a male given name common in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

and

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

. The

nameday In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a ...

is 6 September. The first Asko was baptised in 1901, and as of 2009 there were more than 8000 people with this name in Finland. Notable people with the name include: *

Asko Esna Asko Esna (born 1 May 1986) is an Estonian volleyball player. He was born in Tallinn. His older brother is volleyball player and coach Sten Esna. He began his volleyball career in 1997, coached by Johannes Noormägi. He has played at volleyball ...

(born 1986), Estonian volleyball player *

Asko Jussila Asko Jussila (born 25 January 1963) is a Finnish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that ...

(born 1963), Finnish football manager *

Asko Kase Asko Kase (born 26 February 1979 in Tallinn) is an Estonian film and television director. In 2009 his film "December Heat" was nominated in 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film (see the list). Filmography * 2000: "Buddha Of The N ...

(born 1979), Estonian film director *

Asko Künnap Asko Künnap (born 6 September 1971) is an Estonian designer, writer, and artist. Education Asko Künnap attendeMiina Härma Gymnasium(1978–1989) and the Tartu Children’s Art School (1980–1984). He graduated from thEstonian Academy of A ...

(born 1971), Estonian poet, artist, graphic designer and marketer *

Asko Paade Asko Paade (born June 9, 1984) is an Estonian basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a baske ...

(born 1984), Estonian basketball player *

Asko Parpola Asko Parpola (born 12 July 1941, in Forssa) is a Finnish Indologist, current professor emeritus of South Asian studies at the University of Helsinki. He specializes in Sindhology, specifically the study of the Indus script. Biography Parpola is ...

(born 1941), Finnish Indologist and Sindhologist *

Asko Peltoniemi Asko Peltoniemi (born 7 February 1963 in Ikaalinen) is a retired Finnish pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carb ...

(born 1963), Finnish pole vaulter *

Asko Sahlberg Asko Tapio Sahlberg (born 30 September 1964) is a Finnish novelist. Since the publication of his debut novel in 2000, he has written several more novels, including ''The Brothers'' (2010), an English translation of which has been released by Peire ...

(born 1964), Finnish novelist *

Asko Sarkola Lauri Asko Antero Sarkola (born September 3, 1945, in Helsinki) is a Finnish actor and theater manager. He studied at the Svenska Teaterskolan from 1963 to 1966. He had a long career at the Swedish-speaking Lilla Teatern, where he first starred in ...

(born 1945), Finnish actor and theatre manager

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