given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
used 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 ...
,
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 ...
, and Japan.
The name Aino, meaning "the only one" in
Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
, was devised by
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot (; 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884) was a Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for creating the Finnish national epic, ''Kalevala'',
(1835, enlarged 1849), from short ...
, who compiled, from surviving oral folk sources which he had collected, the ''
Kalevala
The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and ...
''. In this epic poem, Aino (mythology) is a beautiful girl who seems to wish to drown herself rather than marry the elderly
Väinämöinen
Väinämöinen () is a demigod, hero and the central character in Finnish folklore and the main character in the national epic ''Kalevala'' by Elias Lönnrot. Väinämöinen was described as an old and wise man, and he possessed a potent, m ...
. She is later on unexpectedly lost in the water while bathing in a strange, unknown lake. In the original poems, she is mentioned as "the only daughter" (''ainoa tyttö'').
National romanticism
During the national romantic period in Finland at the end of the 19th century the mythological name Aino was adopted as a Christian name by
Fennoman
The Fennoman movement or Fennomania was a Finnish nationalist movement in the 19th-century Grand Duchy of Finland, built on the work of the ''fennophile'' interests of the 18th and early-19th centuries.
History
After the Crimean War, Fennoma ...
activists. Among the first to be named so were Aino Järnefelt (Aino
Sibelius
Jean Sibelius ( ; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often ...
Aino is also a feminine name in use in Japan, with different origins and different meanings depending on the combinations of
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
that are used to spell the name.
Notable people
* Aino Aalto (1894–1949), Finnish architect and designer
*
Aino Ackté
Aino Ackté (originally Achte; 24 April 18768 August 1944) was a Finnish soprano. She was the first international star of the Finnish opera scene after Alma Fohström, and a groundbreaker for the domestic field.
Biography
Ackté was born in ...
(1876–1944), Finnish opera singer
* Aino Autio (1932–2022), Finnish sprinter
* Aino Bach (1901–1980), Estonian artist
* Aino Bergö (1915-1944), Swedish ballerina, opera singer and film actress
* Aino Forsten (1885-1937), Finnish politician and educator
* Aino Henssen (1925-2011), German-Finnish lichenologist and systematist
* Aino Hivand (born 1947), Norwegian-Sami visual artist and children's book writer
*
Aino Jawo
Icona Pop ( ) is a Swedish electropop duo which formed in 2009, with electro house and indie pop music influences. Its two members, Caroline Hjelt (born 8 November 1987) and Aino Jawo (born 7 July 1986), grew up in Stockholm and create what t ...
(born 1986), member of Swedish pop duo Icona Pop
* Aino Kalda (1929–2017), Estonian botanist
*
Aino Kallas
Aino Krohn Kallas (2 August 1878 – 9 November 1956) was a Finnish-Estonian author. Her novellas are considered to be prominent pieces of Finnish literature.Aino Kallio-Ericsson (1917-2018), Finnish architect
*
Aino Karppinen
Aino Karppinen (born 7 August 1997) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Leksands IF.
Playing career
Karppinen developed in the youth departme ...
(born 1997), Finnish ice hockey player
*
Aino Kinjō
is a Japanese female professional ten-pin bowler. She is a member of the Japan Professional Bowling Association
The (JPBA) is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in Japan. The organization was founded by , ...
, (born 1974), Japanese professional ten-pin bowler
*
Aino Kishi
, is a Japanese actress, singer and former AV idol. Starting her career in 2008, Kishi starred in over 400 adult films and was named among the most popular adult film actresses of her generation, with her popularity crossing into mainstream acting ...
(born 1988), Japanese actress and AV idol
* Aino Kukk (1930-2006), Estonian chess player
*
Aino Kuusinen
Aino Maria Kuusinen (née Turtiainen, subsequently Sarola; 5 March 1886 – 1 September 1970) was a Finnish Communist who worked for Comintern around the world in the 1930s, and was imprisoned in the gulag before she escaped to the West. Aino Ku ...
Aino Mantsas
Aino Mantsas (29 November 1922, Helsinki – 24 January 1979) was a Finnish actress. She worked for various theatres and appeared in films. She was married to director Matti Kassila from 1948 until her death, and was cast in many of his films, suc ...
(1922-1979), Finnish actress
* Aino Nykopp-Koski (born 1950), Finnish serial killer
* Aino-Kaisa Pekonen (born 1979), Finnish politician
* Aino Pervik (born 1932), Estonian children's writer
* Aino Puronen (born 1936), former Soviet racing cyclist
* Aino Kann Rasmussen (born 1937), Danish archaeologist
* Aino Runge (1926–2014), Estonian economist, consumer defender and politician
* Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (born 1979), Finnish cross country skier
* Aino Seep (1925–1982), Estonian singer and actress
* Aino Sibelius (1871–1969), wife of composer Jean Sibelius
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Aino Talvi
Aino Talvi (6 February 1909 – 12 March 1992) was an Estonian stage, film, and radio actress and singer whose career spanned over sixty years.
Early life
Aino Talvi was born Aino Müller in Tartu to police constable August Müller and Miil ...
(1909-1992), Estonian actress
* Aino Tamm (1864–1945), Estonian singer and vocal pedagogue
* Aino Taube (1912-1990), Swedish film and theatre actress
*
Aino-Maija Tikkanen
Aino-Maija Tikkanen (2 November 1927 – 3 March 2014) was a Finnish film actress. She appeared in 15 films between 1954 and 2010 and had a long career at theatre. She died on 3 March 2014 at the age of 86.
Selected filmography
* ''Evakko'' (1 ...