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“smith, skillful person”
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Swedish
01 / Meaning & origin
Seppo is a masculine given name documented in Danish and Finnish. English Wiktionary records the meaning “smith, skillful person”.
Meaning: “smith, skillful person”
From seppo (“smith, skillful person”), an epithet of the smith Ilmarinen in the Kalevala. Compare Aino. Used as a given name since the early 20th century.
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2 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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03 / By the numbers
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2026–2026 Spelling: Seppo
Recorded category male
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Source: Digital and Population Data Services Agency · Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23,204 | 20 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Seppo” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-08-04 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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People on Wikidata whose recorded given name is this item (not necessarily their first name), ordered by number of Wikipedia articles. Their names may use a different spelling.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
