Given name & surname
Lassi
“a young girl; one who is pure”
Lassi is a variant of Lassie. One Scottish interpretation is “a young girl; one who is pure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lassi is a variant of Lassie. One Scottish interpretation is “a young girl; one who is pure.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lassi is a variant of Lassie. An origin associated with Lassie is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Lassi is a diminutive of Lauri.
The story
In Finnish use, Lassi shares an earlier linguistic root with Laurence. The history of Laurence gives this family its wider story. Laurence was in use during the Middle Ages.
Explained through its name family
Lassi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Lassi is a diminutive of Lauri. Lassi shares a linguistic root with Laurence. Lassi has a related form in Lasse.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lassi
- Lassi LappalainenFinnish association football player (born 1998)
- Lassi ParkkinenFinnish speed skater (1917-1994)
- Lassi EtelätaloFinnish athletics competitor and javelin throwerborn 1988
- Jimi TenorFinnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producerborn 1965
- Lassi KaronenSwedish rowerborn 1976
- Lassi TuoviFinnish former basketball player and coachborn 1986
- Lassi NummiFinnish poet (1928-2012)
- BrothomstatesFinnish musician
- Lassi JärvenpääFinnish association football playerborn 1996
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