Pentti
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Traditional form of the Latin saint's name Benedictus (“Benedict”), partly via Old Swedish or Swedish Bengt or Bente.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Pentti
- a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict
- (rare) a Finnish surname transferred from the given name based on the given name
Usage notes[edit]
- The most common first name of men born in Finland in 1927 - 1936.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Pentti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Pentti | Pentit | ||
genitive | Pentin | Penttien | ||
partitive | Penttiä | Penttejä | ||
illative | Penttiin | Pentteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Pentti | Pentit | ||
accusative | nom. | Pentti | Pentit | |
gen. | Pentin | |||
genitive | Pentin | Penttien | ||
partitive | Penttiä | Penttejä | ||
inessive | Pentissä | Penteissä | ||
elative | Pentistä | Penteistä | ||
illative | Penttiin | Pentteihin | ||
adessive | Pentillä | Penteillä | ||
ablative | Pentiltä | Penteiltä | ||
allative | Pentille | Penteille | ||
essive | Penttinä | Pentteinä | ||
translative | Pentiksi | Penteiksi | ||
abessive | Pentittä | Penteittä | ||
instructive | — | Pentein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Related terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- Pentti is the 27th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 18,322 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6,624 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- Pentti is the 1084th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 798 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Categories:
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/entːi
- Rhymes:Finnish/entːi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish terms with rare senses
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish surnames from given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals