Given name & surname
Vuokko
“anemone”
Vuokko is a feminine given name with more than one origin. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In one tradition, it goes back to a word meaning “anemone”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
People named Vuokko
- Aulikki OksanenFinnish writer and poetborn 1944
- Vuokko RehnFinnish politician1938–2011
- Vuokko NurmesniemiFinnish textile designer and ceramic artist, Academian of Art (1930–2026)
- Vuokko HirvonenFinnish Sami author and professorborn 1955
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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