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Valto

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See also: valto, valtó, and váltó

Finnish

Etymology

Vernacular form of Valdemar and, rarely, of Valtteri. Medieval forms may also derive from a Finnish personal name from the loan word valta (power), ultimately from the same Germanic root.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlto/, [ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlto
  • Syllabification(key): Val‧to
  • Hyphenation(key): Val‧to

Proper noun

Valto

  1. a male given name
  2. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

Declension

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

Derived terms

Statistics

  • Valto is the 398th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 766 male individuals (and as a middle name to 335 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • The surname Valto belongs to 119 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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