Mar 13, 2004 05:04
20 yrs ago
Finnish term
Works in: English
toivonen
May offend
Finnish to English
Other
Linguistics
finnish
its my last name i wanna know what it means. its finnish.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | A hoping person |
Jyri Lehtinen
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| 5 | hope |
Yuri Smirnov
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Proposed translations
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5 hrs
Jyri Lehtinen
Finland
Finland
Native in Finnish
Specializes in field
Finland
Linguist, Doctoral Researcher
Native in: Finnish 
Works in: English to Finnish, German to Finnish, Finnish to English
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A hoping person
As already said, "toivo" means hope. The "-nen" part is a very common ending in Finnish surname. Nowadays it doesn't have any meaning, but in its origins it meant "a person living in a place" or something similar.
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3 hrs
Yuri Smirnov
Works in field
Daily Translation since 1992
Native in: Belarusian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Belarusian, English to Russian, French to Russian, and 10 more.
hope
"Toivo" is "hope"
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