Teppo

An equivalent of English Stephen, in most cases via Russian Степа́н (Stepán) (as compared to the more common Tapani which derives via Latin).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtepːo/, [ˈt̪e̞pːo̞]
• Rhymes: -epːo
• Syllabification^(key): Tep‧po

Teppo

1. a male given name
   • 2014, Riikka Pulkkinen, Iiris Lempivaaran levoton ja painava sydän, Otava, →ISBN, pages 47–48:

     Teppo, aivan kelpo nimi. Tepoissa ei ole mitään vikaa. Voisin mennä takuuseen, että aleksit ovat syyllistyneet monilukuisempiin rikoksiin kuin tepot koskaan. Teppo on vaellushenkisten, ehkä valokuvausta—ja krav magaa—harrastavien miesten nimi. Tepot ovat leppoisia, johan riimikin sen todistaa.

     Teppo is a proper name. There's nothing wrong with a Teppo. I could bet that Aleksis have committed many more crimes than Teppos ever have. Teppo is the name for a man who likes hiking and perhaps has photography—and krav maga—as his hobbies. Teppos are placid, as the rhyme attests to.

2. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

• Teppo is the 210^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,673 male individuals (and as a middle name to 533 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• Teppo is the 1434^th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 596 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.