Given name
Veikko
“one who is brotherly”
Veikko is a variant of Veli. One Finnish interpretation is “one who is brotherly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Veikko is a variant of Veli. One Finnish interpretation is “one who is brotherly.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Veikko is a variant of Veli. An origin associated with Veli is Finnish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Veikko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59
- 59 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 10 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 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1915.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Veikko’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Veikko has a later derivative in Veigo. Veikko has a related form in Veli. In Finnish usage, Veikko has a related form in VEIJO.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Veikko
- Veikko HakulinenFinnish forestry technician and cross country skier (1925–2003)
- Veikko KarvonenFinnish athletics competitor (born 1926)
- Veikko HuhtanenFinnish artistic gymnast (1919–1976)
- Veikko Antero KoskenniemiFinnish poet, journalist and professor (1885-1962)
- Veikko HuovinenFinnish writer (1927-2009)
- Veikko LommiFinnish rower1917–1989
- Veikko AaltonenFinnish film director, actor and film editorborn 1955
- Veikko HeinonenFinnish ski jumper (1934-2015)
- Veikko VennamoFinnish politician (1913-1997)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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