Viljo

Viljo

1. a male given name, equivalent to Finnish Viljo

• Viljar
• Vilja

Invented in the latter half of the nineteenth century, from poetic Finnish viljo (“excellent”). Also connected with vilja (“grain”) and viljava (“fruitful”), which occur as elements in ancient Finnish names. By folk etymology associated with Viljami and other cognates of English William.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiljo/, [ˈʋiljo̞]
• Rhymes: -iljo
• Syllabification^(key): Vil‧jo

Viljo

1. a male given name
   • 1985, Heikki Turunen, Mustarinnan lapset, WSOY, →ISBN, pages 377–378:

     Tässäkkii Joensuun markkinoilla makkarakopin luona tuli pari niitä lättähattuja humalassa jotta elähän Viljo ettuile. Minä arvelin jotta helevetistäkö ne minun nimen tietää, yksi tuttava supetteli jotta elä oo kuulevinaskaa, eläkä missää nimessä ruppee suutasi niille soittammaan, tahi voivat turpaan kojjauttoo, muka se on vain niillä semmonen joku sanonta, kaikki meikäläiset viljoja ja tahvoja ja toukohousuja.

     Here in the Joensuu market at a hotdog stall a couple of those drunk lättähattus to tell that Viljo, don't jump the queue. I was thinking how the hell they knew my name, someone I knew told me to pretend I didn't hear them and that I definitely shouldn't argue back against them, or they'd bash my head in. Apparently that's just something they say, everyone like us is just a viljo or tahvo or toukohousu.

• (female name) Vilja
• (surnames) Viljakainen, Viljanen

• Viljo is the 170^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,750 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,296 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.