Georg
From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends G
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Pirita
From Estonian Pirit, from the same origin as, and now a variant of, Piritta.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Salme
Borrowed from Estonian Salme in the late 19th century.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Sirja
From Estonian Sirja.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Sulevi
Borrowed from Estonian Sulev, by folk etymology understood as a long form of Finnish Sulo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Tarvo
20th century loan from Estonian Tarvo, also explained as a form of archaic Finnish tarvas (“wild ox”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Tiia
From Estonian Tiia, akin to Tea (equivalents of English Dorothy).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Virve
Borrowed from Estonian Virve. Cognate to Virpi.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E