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Taavetti

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See also: taavetti

Finnish

Etymology

Vernacular form of the biblical Daavid (David).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːʋetːi/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ːʋe̞t̪ːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʋetːi
  • Syllabification(key): Taa‧vet‧ti
  • Hyphenation(key): Taa‧vet‧ti

Proper noun

Taavetti

  1. a male given name; much more common as a middle name
    • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 9 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
      JUHANI. Jumalan haltuun, Mäkelä! ja sinä, Karilan Taavetti, mene Herran huomaan ja nimeen.
      JUHANI: God keep you, Mäkelä. And you too, Taavetti Karila, go in God's name and keeping.
    • 1931, Frans Emil Sillanpää, “Nuorena nukkunut”, in Silja ja Ihmiset suviyössä, Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho, published 1988, →ISBN, pages 62- 63:
      Noin kahden vuoden kuluttua syntyi heille ilman enempiä ihmeitä sitten poika, joka kasteessa sai nimekseen Taavetti, joka oli ollut vanhan isäntävainaan ensimmäinen nimi.
      Around two years later they got a boy with no particular problems or miracles, who was christened Taavetti, the first name of the old householder, by then dead.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Statistics

  • Taavetti is the 1013th (tied with 5 other names) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 103 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,701 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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