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Aino - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Aino

[ syll. ai-no, ain-o ] The girl name Aino is pronounced as EY-Now KEY. Aino's origin, as well as its use, is in the Finnish language. Derived literally from the word 'aino' meaning only one. Aino is the name of Joukahainen's sister in the Finnish epic poem, the Kalevala; she drowned herself to avoid marrying Väinämöinen. The name Aina (Finnish, Scandinavian, and Catalan) is a form of Aino.

Aino is not frequently used as a baby girl name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Aino include Aimee (English), Aimeé (French), Aimée (French), Aimi (English), Aimie (English), Aimy (English), Aina (Finnish, Scandinavian, and Catalan), Am (Vietnamese), Amy (English), Anya (Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian), Aymi (English), Cheyna (Hebrew and Yiddish), Eithne (Irish and Scottish), Emi (English), Emie (English), Emine (Turkish), Emma (English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Italian), Emmi (English and German), Emmie (English), and Emmy (Dutch and English).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Aino: EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
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