Meaning & origin
What it means
Försti goes back to Swedish förste, meaning “first.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Försti as a surname developed from Förste.
Försti’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Försti as a surname developed from the Swedish form Förste. In Finnish usage, Försti as a surname has a related form in Pörsti.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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