Vaino
Origin
Finnish
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
from Väinämöinen, the wise old singer-hero of the Kalevala; the epic name likely derives from väinä, "a wide, slowly-flowing river or strait" (ASCII form of Väinö)
Popularity, 1890–2024
Vaino does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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