Meaning & origin
What it means
Vappu is a diminutive of Valpuri. Valpuri probably goes back to Old High German waltan, meaning “to rule.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Vappu is a diminutive of Valpuri. Valpuri probably comes from Swedish, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Vappu is a diminutive of VALPURI.
Vappu’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Vappu is a diminutive of VALPURI.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Vappu
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Vappu, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.