Eero

Eero

1. a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Ergo, Erik, Erki, or Erko, equivalent to English Eric

Medieval vernacular form of Eerik (“Eric”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːro/, [ˈe̞ːro̞]
• Rhymes: -eːro
• Syllabification^(key): Ee‧ro

Eero

1. a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eerikki, Erik, or Erkki, equivalent to English Eric
   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers. Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola ), Chapter 1:

     Veljesten nimet vanhimmasta nuorimpaan ovat: Juhani, Tuomas, Aapo, Simeoni, Timo, Lauri ja Eero.

     In order of age, the brothers are Juhani, Tuomas, Aapo, Simeoni, Timo, Lauri, and Eero.

   • 2010, Heikki Turunen, Hämärätunnin tarinoita, WSOY, →ISBN, page 137:

     ―Ja minä olen Eero, Eero sanoo jotenkin haastavasti.
     ―Vai Erkki.
     ―Ei kun Eero. Eero Juhani Oinonen.
     ―Erkki lerkki kirjanmerkki, Pääkkönen sanoo. Pannusta kahvia kaatavalla äidillä on lysti.

     ―And I am Eero, Eero said in a somewhat daring tone.
     ―Vai Erkki.
     ―No, it's Eero. Eero Juhani Oinonen.
     ―Erkki lerkki kirjanmerkki, Pääkkönen said. The mother, pouring coffee out of the pot, had fun.

   • 2011, Johanna Sinisalo, Enkelten verta, Teos, →ISBN, page 187:

     Lapsen nimeksi pantiin Eero, sekin oli Marja-Tertun tahto, hänen isoisänsä nimi. Joku tuttava vitsaili seitsemästä veljeksestä, eikös nyt aloitettu ihan väärästä päästä, [ - - - ]

     We named the child Eero. That was Marja-Terttu's wish too, as her grandfather had been named that. One of our acquaintances did start joking about the seven brothers and how we had started from the wrong end, [ - - - ]

2. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

• Eero is the 31^st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 17,717 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6,912 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Eero belongs to 54 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.