Tapio is a male given name common in
Finland. The
nameday is 18 June. As of January 2013 there were almost 140,000 people with this name in Finland. The name originates from the name of the Finnish god of forests, animals, and hunting. A common
nickname for Tapio is Tapsa. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular male given names ever.
Notable people with the name include:
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Tapio Hakanen (better known as DJ Orkidea), Finnish electronic music artist
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Tapio Hämäläinen, a Finnish actor
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Tapio Kantanen, Finnish athlete
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Tapio Korjus
Tapio Korjus (born 10 February 1961, in Vehkalahti) is a Finnish former javelin thrower.
Born in Vehkalahti, he was one of the leading representatives of javelin throwing in his home country in the 1980s, but did not attain international success ...
, Finnish javelin thrower
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Tapio Laakso
Tapio Laakso (born June 28, 1985) is a Finnish ice hockey centre. He is currently playing with Lukko in the Finnish Liiga.
Laakso made his SM-liiga debut playing with KalPa
Kalevan Pallo (KalPa) is a professional ice hockey team which compete ...
, Finnish professional ice hockey player
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Tapio Laukkanen
Tapio Laukkanen (born 23 September 1969) is a Finnish rally driver. He was born in Lahti.
In 1996 he won the Finnish Rally Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi, in 1999 he won the British Rally Championship with a Renault Mégane Maxi twinned wi ...
, Finnish rally driver
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Tapio Levo
Tapio Antero Levo (born September 24, 1956, in Pori, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga and National Hockey League. He played for Ässät in Finland, and the New Jersey Devils and Colorado ...
, Finnish ice hockey player
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Tapio Luusua
Tapio Luusua (born in Pelkosenniemi on August 4, 1981) is a Finnish freestyle skier. At the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2009 he received a silver medal in moguls and a bronze in dual moguls. He also competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics
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, Finnish freestyle skier
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Tapio Nurmela
Tapio Nurmela (born 2 January 1975 in Rovaniemi) is a Finnish nordic combined athlete who competed during the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Nurmela also won two medals in the 4 ...
, Finnish Nordic combined athlete
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Tapio Rautavaara
Kaj Tapio Rautavaara (8 March 1915 – 25 September 1979) was a Finnish singer (bass-baritone), athlete and film actor.
Life Early years
Tapio Rautavaara was born in the municipality of Pirkkala (now Nokia), a suburb of the industrial city o ...
, Finnish athlete, singer and actor
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Tapio Sipilä, Finnish wrestler
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Tapio Mäkelä
Tapio Valfrid Mäkelä (12 October 1926 – 12 May 2016) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s.
He won the 4 × 10 km relay gold and the 18 km silver at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Mäkelä also won a gold ...
, Finnish cross-country skier
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Tapio Wilska, Finnish musician
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Tapio Wirkkala, Finnish designer and sculptor
References
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Finnish masculine given names