Given name & surname
Jussi
“God is gracious”
Jussi is a variant of Jani. In Finnish use, Jani carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jussi is a variant of Jani. In Finnish use, Jani carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Jussi is used as a form of John.
Jussi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Jussi is a diminutive of Johannes. Jussi is a form of John. In Finnish usage, Jussi has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jussi has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Johanequivalent
- HansGerman
- JohannGerman
- JanPolish
- Juhoequivalent
- Juhaniequivalent
- Juhanaequivalent
- 傑克Chinese
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jussi
- Jussi JääskeläinenFinnish footballerborn 1975
- Jussi Halla-ahoFinnish politician, Slavic linguist, and Speaker of the Parliamentborn 1971
- Jussi Jokinenice hockey playerborn 1983
- AmenFinnish guitaristborn 1972
- Jussi Veikkanenroad bicycle racerborn 1981
- Jussi NiinistöFinnish politicianborn 1970
- Jussi MarkkanenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1975
- Jussi HautamäkiFinnish ski jumperborn 1979
- Jussi KurikkalaFinnish cross-country skier1912–1951
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