Given name
Kalevi
“a hero”
Kalevi is used as a given name and a nickname. One Finnish interpretation is “a hero.”
Original FinnishKalev
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Finnish interpretation is “a hero.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Finnish.
Kalevi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kalevi has a diminutive in KALLU. In Finnish usage, Kalevi shares a linguistic root with the Estonian form KALEV. In Finnish usage, Kalevi has a related form in KALEVA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kalevvariant · Finnish, Estonian
- Kallediminutive · Finnish
- Kalludiminutive · Finnish
- Kalevavariant · Finnish
- Kaleveevariant
- Kaleveavariant
- Kaleveyvariant
- Kalevyvariant
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People named Kalevi
- Kalevi KotkasEstonian-Finnish athletics competitor (1913–1983)
- Kalevi HämäläinenFinnish cross-country skier (1932–2005)
- Kalevi AhoFinnish composerborn 1949
- Kalevi Oikarainencross-country skier1936–2020
- Kalevi Laurilacross-country skier1937–1991
- Kalevi LehtovirtaFinnish footballer (1928-2016)
- Kalevi Laitinengymnast (1918-1997)
- Kalevi ViskariOlympic gymnast (1928–2018)
- Kalevi SuoniemiOlympic gymnast (1931–2010)
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