Given name & surname · also Latin

Vinni

Vinni is a surname from Latin, ultimately from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Vinni comes from Latin, and ultimately from Swedish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Finnish usage, Vinni as a surname developed from FINNE.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Vinni through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1954
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01231960198020002025Highest share 19540.0
Vinni in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1954–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Vinni’s family of names

In Finnish usage, Vinni as a surname developed from the Swedish form FINNE. In Greek usage, Vinni as a surname is a transliteration of Βίννη.

Walk Vinni’s family in the name graph

VinniΒίννηVinnieFinne

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Latin

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Latin

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>99% girls

Latin

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Latin · Mythological

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Sibling ideas

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