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Soini

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English

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Proper noun

Soini

  1. A municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From Old Norse Sveinn; cognate to Swedish Sven, Norwegian Svein, Danish Svend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoi̯ni/, [ˈs̠o̞i̯ni]
  • Rhymes: -oini
  • Syllabification(key): Soi‧ni
  • Hyphenation(key): Soi‧ni

Proper noun

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Soini

  1. (uncountable) Soini (a municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland)
  2. (Finnic mythology) a giant, son of Kaleva, in Finnish mythology
  3. (now rare) a male given name
  4. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name

Declension

  • (municipality): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Soini" is Soinissa.
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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Soini
  • Swedish: Soini
  • Chinese: 索伊尼 (Suǒyī'ní) (transliteration)

Statistics

  • Soini is the 674th (tied with 3 other names) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 241 male individuals (and as a middle name to 122 more), and also belongs to 15 female individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • Soini is the 371st most common surname in Finland, belonging to 2,185 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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