Aku
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aku"
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a pet form of Aukusti (“Augustus”) and of the Swedish August.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Aku
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Aku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aku | Akut | |
| genitive | Akun | Akujen | |
| partitive | Akua | Akuja | |
| illative | Akuun | Akuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Aku | Akut | |
| accusative | nom. | Aku | Akut |
| gen. | Akun | ||
| genitive | Akun | Akujen | |
| partitive | Akua | Akuja | |
| inessive | Akussa | Akuissa | |
| elative | Akusta | Akuista | |
| illative | Akuun | Akuihin | |
| adessive | Akulla | Akuilla | |
| ablative | Akulta | Akuilta | |
| allative | Akulle | Akuille | |
| essive | Akuna | Akuina | |
| translative | Akuksi | Akuiksi | |
| abessive | Akutta | Akuitta | |
| instructive | — | Akuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Aku is the 219th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,590 male individuals (and as a middle name to 675 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 6 female individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.