Ensio
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined in the 19th century from ensi (“first”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈensio/, [ˈe̞ns̠io̞]
- Rhymes: -ensio
- Syllabification(key): En‧si‧o
- Hyphenation(key): En‧sio
Proper noun
[edit]Ensio
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]- Often given as a middle name to a first-born son.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Ensio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ensio | Ensiot | |
| genitive | Ension | Ensioiden Ensioitten | |
| partitive | Ensiota | Ensioita | |
| illative | Ensioon | Ensioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ensio | Ensiot | |
| accusative | nom. | Ensio | Ensiot |
| gen. | Ension | ||
| genitive | Ension | Ensioiden Ensioitten | |
| partitive | Ensiota | Ensioita | |
| inessive | Ensiossa | Ensioissa | |
| elative | Ensiosta | Ensioista | |
| illative | Ensioon | Ensioihin | |
| adessive | Ensiolla | Ensioilla | |
| ablative | Ensiolta | Ensioilta | |
| allative | Ensiolle | Ensioille | |
| essive | Ensiona | Ensioina | |
| translative | Ensioksi | Ensioiksi | |
| abessive | Ensiotta | Ensioitta | |
| instructive | — | Ensioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Ensio is the 491st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 453 male individuals (and as a middle name to 26,623 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.