Aino

Aino pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of Ainu (ethnic group of Japan)

Aino

1. Alternative form of Ainu (language)

• AION, Aion, Inoa, Iona, naio, naoi, onia

Borrowed from Finnish Aino.

Aino

1. a female given name from Finnish

• Popular in the 1930s.

• Ainu

From aino, a poetic variant of ainoa (“only, sole”), also in the sense "unique". The name was invented by Elias Lönnrot for the second edition of the Kalevala (1849) by adding an upper case initial to terms like aino tytti (“the only girl”), of the first edition (1835).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯no/, [ˈɑ̝i̯no̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑino
• Hyphenation^(key): Ai‧no

Aino

1. A heroine in the Kalevala.
   • 1849, Eino Friberg, 1988, transl., Kalevala, 3:517-522::

     Tuot’ itken tämän ikäni, / Puhki polveni murehin: / Annoin Aino siskoseni, / Lupasin emoni lapsen / Väinämöiselle varaksi, / Laulajalle puolisoksi, /

     This is why I'll weep forever, / What I'll mourn throughout my lifetime: / That I gave my sister Aino, / Even pledged my mother's child / To Väinämöinen as a helpmate, / And provider for the singer, /

2. a female given name
   • 1959, Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1, WSOY 1965, page 159:

     Muu väki oikeastaan pitikin välittömästä Ilmarista. Aino-neiti sen sijaan olikin jo lapsena hillitty. Lapset olivat todella saaneet suomalaiset nimet, vieläpä Kalevalasta. Tyttöä sanottiin kuitenkin Aniksi.

     The rest of the people liked the natural character of Ilmari. Miss Aino on the other hand had been reserved since childhood. The names were very Finnish, straight from the Kalevala. The girl was often called Ani, however.

   • 2017, Roope Lipasti, Ruotsinlaiva, Atena, →ISBN, page 27:

     Aino oli nimensä mukaisesti ainoa lapsi.

     As Aino's name suggested, she was the only child.

• The most popular first name for women born in Finland in 1916-1927 and again in 2006 and 2020.

• Aija
• Aina
• Aini
• Ainikki

• Aino is the 20^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 21,076 female individuals (and as a middle name to 15,257 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 7 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• aion, anoi