Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Pirkko is a diminutive of PIRITTA.
Pirkko’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Pirkko has a diminutive in PIPSA. In Finnish usage, Pirkko shares a linguistic root with the English form Bridget. Pirkko has a related form in Pirjo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Bridgetcognate · English
- Brigitteequivalent
- Brigittaequivalent
- Birgitequivalent
- Brigidaequivalent
- Birgitteequivalent
- Brigitaequivalent
- Birgittacognate · Swedish
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People named Pirkko
- Pirkko MannolaFinnish actressborn 1938
- Pirkko MäättäFinnish cross-country skierborn 1959
- Pirkko SaisioFinnish writer, director and actressborn 1949
- Pirkko MattilaFinnish politicianborn 1964
- Pirkko VahteroFinnish graphic designer (1936–2025)
- Pirkko Ruohonen-LernerFinnish politicianborn 1957
- Pirkko TyöläjärviFinnish politicianborn 1938
- Pirkko HämäläinenFinnish actressborn 1959
- Pirkko KorkeeFinnish cross-country skier1927–2024
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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