Ilkka

Ilkka is a male name .

Origin and meaning

The first name Ilkka is derived from the surname of the Finnish farmer leader Jaakko Pentinpoika Ilkka (1545–1597).

Well-known namesake

• Ilkka Hanski (1953–2016), Finnish ecologist and evolutionary biologist
• Ilkka Heikkinen (* 1984), Finnish ice hockey player
• Ilkka Kanerva (* 1948), Finnish politician
• Ilkka Koski (1928–1993), Finnish boxer
• Ilkka Laitinen (1962–2019), Director of Frontex
• Ilkka Mikkola (* 1979), Finnish ice hockey player
• Ilkka Nyqvist (* around 1975), Finnish badminton player
• Ilkka Pikkarainen (* 1981), Finnish ice hockey player
• Ilkka Remes (actually Petri Pykälä, * 1962), Finnish author
• Ilkka Salmi (chess player) (* 1956), Finnish correspondence chess player
• Ilkka Salmi (civil servant) (* 1968), Finnish security officer
• Ilkka Sinisalo (1958-2017), Finnish ice hockey player
• Ilkka Suominen (* 1939), Finnish politician

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ilkka at nordicnames.de (English)

See also

• Ilka , female name of Hungarian origin