Given name & surname
Toivo
“hope”
Toivo is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “hope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “hope.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Toivo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 535
- 535 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1930. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 57 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 123 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Toivo’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Toivo has a nickname in TOPI. In Finnish usage, Toivo as a surname has a related form in Toijala.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Toivo
- Toivo Mikael KivimäkiFinnish politician (1886-1968)
- Toivo Loukolaathletics competitor (1902-1984)
- Toivo KuulaFinnish composer (1883–1918)
- Toivo Hyytiäinenathletics competitor from Finland (1925-1978)
- Ilmari HannikainenFinnish composer and pianist (1892–1955)
- Toivo SalonenFinnish speed skater (1933-2019)
- Robert Tikkanensport shooter (1888–1947)
- Juha VäätäinenFinnish athlete, teacher, painter and politicianborn 1941
- Toivo AntikainenFinnish politician (1898–1941)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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