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Finnish Names - Behind the Name From the Old Norse name Helgi, derived from heilagr meaning "holy, blessed" This was the name of a legendary Danish king, one of the sons of Halfdan, appearing in Norse sagas
Finnish Names (page 2) - Behind the Name From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemuʾel) meaning "name of God", from the roots שֵׁם (shem) meaning "name" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" Other interpretations have the first root being שָׁמַע (shamaʿ) meaning "to hear" leading to a meaning of "God has heard"
Finnish Submitted Names - Behind the Name Possibly a combination of the Finnish names Eino and Juhani, in which case it could be the Finnish version of "Henri-Johannes " Famous bearer is Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016), a prominent 20th-century Finnish composer and protegee of Jean Sibelius
Finnish Mythology Names - Behind the Name Derived from Finnish väinä meaning "wide and slow-flowing river" In Finnish mythology Väinämöinen was a wise old magician, the son of the primal goddess Ilmatar
Finnish Names (page 3) - Behind the Name This was the name of four kings of Denmark and a king of Sweden It was introduced to Scandinavia by the 12th-century Danish king Valdemar I who was named after his mother's grandfather: Vladimir II, a grand prince of Kievan Rus