Aino (first name)
Aino is a Finnish female given name meaning "the only one".
origin
The name goes back to the Aino in the Finnish national epic Kalevala . The name Aino is an invention of Elias Lönnrot ; the figure was initially nameless and was referred to as aino tyttö "only daughter" or aino sisko "only sister".
Name bearers
- Aino Aalto (born Marsio ; 1894–1949), Finnish architect and designer
- Aino Ackté (actually Aino Echte ; 1876–1944), Finnish soprano
- Aino Havukainen (* 1968), Finnish illustrator and children's book author
- Aino Kallas (née Krohn ; 1878–1956), Finnish-Estonian writer and poet
- Aino Kuusinen (née Turtiainen ; 1886–1970), Finnish employee of the Communist International (Comintern) and agent of the military intelligence service of the Red Army
- Aino Laberenz (* 1981), German stage and costume designer.
- Aino Pervik (* 1932), Estonian writer
- Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (* 1979), Finnish cross-country skier
- Aino Sibelius (née Järnefelt ; 1871–1969), wife of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aino on behindthename.com (Engl.)
- ↑ Aino on nordicnames.de (engl.)