Veikko
Veikko is a male Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include:Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish director, editor, sound editor, and production manager Veikko Asikainen (1918–2002), Finnish footballer Veikko Ennala (1922–1991), Finnish journalist Villle-Veikko Eerola, Finnish ice hockey player Veikko Hakulinen (1925–2003), Finnish cross country skier and Olympic medalist Veikko Haukkavaara…
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Veikko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Veikko is a male Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include:Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish director, editor, sound editor, and production manager Veikko Asikainen (1918–2002), Finnish footballer Veikko Ennala (1922–1991), Finnish journalist Villle-Veikko Eerola, Finnish ice hockey player Veikko Hakulinen (1925–2003), Finnish cross country skier and Olympic medalist Veikko Haukkavaara…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Veikko
The earliest SSA record of Veikko as a baby boy name dates back to 1914, when 7 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Veikko — #2,458 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Veikko on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Veikko last appeared in the published SSA data in 1928, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 59 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Veikko
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Veikko. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Veijo
- Veli
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About the name Veikko
Veikko is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 59 births in the dataset. Veikko's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #2,458. Use the chart and map above to compare Veikko's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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