Annikki

Medieval diminutive of the saints' name Anna, turned into a pagan goddess by the folk etymology anti (“gift, (forest) produce”) +‎ -kki = giver of game and berries.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnːikːi/, [ˈɑ̝nːikːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːikːi
• Syllabification^(key): An‧nik‧ki

Annikki

1. A forest goddess in Finnish mythology.
2. a female given name
   • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 18:41-44:

     Annikki hyväniminen, / Yön tytti, hämärän neiti, / Pitkän puhtehen pitäjä, / Aamun valvoja varainen, /

     Annikki of goodly name, / Girl of night, maid of twilight, / Busy through the horseshoe day, / Long before the rising sun, /

   • 1965, Kalle Päätalo, Myrskyn jälkeen, Gummerus, published 2012, →ISBN, page 479:

     ...Kuule, älä pahastu, mutta sinun tilallasi käyttäisin toista nimeäsi.
     —Jaa Annikkiako?
     —Niin. Täällä vieraassa ympäristössä käy kutsumanimen vaihtaminen helposti.
     —Miksikähän äiti sanoikin papille niin vanhanaikaisen nimen...
     —Mutta Annikki on nätti ja uudenaikainen nimi, sanoi Raili.

     ...listen, don't get upset, but I'd rather use another name for you.
     —Oh, you mean Annikki?
     —Yes. Here in this unfamiliar environment it's easy to change your nickname.
     —Why did the mother give the priest such an old-fashioned name...
     —But Annikki is a sweet and modern name, Raili said.

   • 2020, Helena Jouppila, Neloset, Docendo, →ISBN, page 23:

     Äiti valitsi minulle nimen Helena Annikki. Toinen nimi oli sama kuin hänen toinen nimensä. Samaa kantaa olivat isoäitieni nimet, äidinäidin nimi oli Anni ja mummoni nimi Anna.

     My mother chose me the name Helena Annikki. The second name was the same as hers, and too could be traced back to my grandmothers. My mother's mother was named Anni and my grandmother Anna.

• Recorded as a formal given name since the latter half of the 19th century. A popular middle name in the 20th century.

• Annikki is the 302^nd (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,653 female individuals (and as a middle name to 50,087 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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