Tuukka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Scandinavian given names like Danish Toke, originally diminutives of Old Norse Þorketill or other names containing the element Þórr (“Thor”), potentially also from Middle Low German Thoke.[1][2] Cognate to English Torquil.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtuːkːɑ/, [ˈt̪uːkːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -uːkːɑ
- Syllabification(key): Tuuk‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): Tuuk‧ka
Proper noun
[edit]Tuukka
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Tuukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk–k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Tuukka | Tuukat | |
| genitive | Tuukan | Tuukkojen | |
| partitive | Tuukkaa | Tuukkoja | |
| illative | Tuukkaan | Tuukkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Tuukka | Tuukat | |
| accusative | nom. | Tuukka | Tuukat |
| gen. | Tuukan | ||
| genitive | Tuukan | Tuukkojen Tuukkain rare | |
| partitive | Tuukkaa | Tuukkoja | |
| inessive | Tuukassa | Tuukoissa | |
| elative | Tuukasta | Tuukoista | |
| illative | Tuukkaan | Tuukkoihin | |
| adessive | Tuukalla | Tuukoilla | |
| ablative | Tuukalta | Tuukoilta | |
| allative | Tuukalle | Tuukoille | |
| essive | Tuukkana | Tuukkoina | |
| translative | Tuukaksi | Tuukoiksi | |
| abessive | Tuukatta | Tuukoitta | |
| instructive | — | Tuukoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- (surnames) Tuukkanen
Statistics
[edit]- Tuukka is the 124th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 5,246 male individuals (and as a middle name to 614 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.