Veijo
Appearance
See also: veijo
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of Veikko,[1] from veijo (“brother”), an archaic form of veikko.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʋei̯jo/, [ˈʋe̞i̯j(ː)o̞]
- Rhymes: -eijo
- Syllabification(key): Vei‧jo
- Hyphenation(key): Vei‧jo
Proper noun
[edit]Veijo
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Veijo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Veijo | Veijot | |
| genitive | Veijon | Veijojen | |
| partitive | Veijoa | Veijoja | |
| illative | Veijoon | Veijoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Veijo | Veijot | |
| accusative | nom. | Veijo | Veijot |
| gen. | Veijon | ||
| genitive | Veijon | Veijojen | |
| partitive | Veijoa | Veijoja | |
| inessive | Veijossa | Veijoissa | |
| elative | Veijosta | Veijoista | |
| illative | Veijoon | Veijoihin | |
| adessive | Veijolla | Veijoilla | |
| ablative | Veijolta | Veijoilta | |
| allative | Veijolle | Veijoille | |
| essive | Veijona | Veijoina | |
| translative | Veijoksi | Veijoiksi | |
| abessive | Veijotta | Veijoitta | |
| instructive | — | Veijoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Veijo is the 128th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,903 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,049 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.