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Parents' names are in brackets.Edvin Hor Tapani, sister Ainu (Kieng and Panu)
Eko Achille (Ketsia and Gra)
Tatu Herman Juhani, sisters Anni, Essi and Iisa (Saija and Mika)
Lasse (Alexandra and Walter)
Samuel Into (Tuula and Tommi)
Rene Johannes, brother Jermu (Tuija and Jiri)
Eliel Akseli, brother Leevi (Anitra and Santeri)
Alvar Reino Edward, sisters Laura Enni Sofia and Maia Anna Ingrid (Kirsti and Pekka)
Luka Eetu Julian, brother Miko (Tiina and Jari)
Timur Pablo Nicolas, brother Daniel (Sirpa and Juha-Petteri)Iiris Linnea (Anne-Mari and Tuomas)
Elsa Tuulikki, brother Toivo (Maarit and Tomi)
Saga Aino Alexandra (Anniina and Toni)
Ella Isabella (Nina and Matti)
Aura (grandparents Leena and Seppo & Wakako and Mitsuyuki)
Selma Ellen Aleksandra, brothers Onni and Noah (Eeva and Chris, grandparents Pirkko and Veli-Matti & Diana and Douglas)
Elvi Livia, siblings Aaro, Ilmo and Maleena (Terhi and Lauri)
Meiju Isabella, sister Maisa (Saara and Tomasz)
Eva Vieno Liisa, sister Viivi (Laura and Henrik)
Maija Ilona Margareta (Mia and Antti)
Perla Helena, brother Gabriel (Maria and Pablo)
Verna Saima Maria (Laura and Eerikki)
Fanny Lotta Rebekka, brother Otto (Maria and Ossi)
Emilia Inkeri Pekantytär, brother Eelis (Niina and Pekka) - Pekantytär means "Pekka's daughter"
Alma Alisa Sylvia, brother Otto (Anna and Tuomas)
Eevi Matilda, sister Elsa (Anni and Antti)
Alisa Aino (Irina and Topi)Aino Ellen Helena & Lumi Iris Hannele (Eeva and Pauliina)
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I like:Essi
Rene Johannes
Alvar Reino Edward
Noah
Diana
Elvi Livia
Alma Alisa Sylvia
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Oooh, interesting. I'd love to hear the source (some newspaper?) if you don't mind sharing it. :)Let's see:Edvin Hor Tapani, sister Ainu (Kieng and Panu) -> What a fascinating combination of names! I wonder what the parent's cultural backgrounds are - Panu and Tapani are of course very traditional Finnish, but then Kieng, Edvin and Hor all sound like they come from different cultures.Tatu Herman Juhani, sisters Anni, Essi and Iisa -> The siblings' names sound lovely together. I don't care much for Tatu though. I'd love for Juhani to become more popular as the first given name.Lasse -> Oooh, just one name! I'm becoming tired of "everyone" giving their children three first name, so this is really refreshing, and... almost bold?Samuel Into -> I'm growing to like Into.Eliel Akseli, brother Leevi -> I'm also beginning to like Eliel, and Akseli is a favourite. Pretty!Alvar Reino Edward, sisters Laura Enni Sofia and Maia Anna Ingrid (Kirsti and Pekka) -> I like the girls' names, but not Alvar's. Edvard would have been better IMO.
Timur Pablo Nicolas, brother Daniel (Sirpa and Juha-Petteri) -> I'm sure there is a reason behind the name choices, but my first thoughts were "jeez" and "hopefully their surname isn't Korhonen etc."

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All these names are from Helsingin Sanomat, most of them from the Sunday issues.Lasse and Aura probably have middle names too, they just weren't mentioned in the announcements.Little Timur indeed had a Finnish last name (if I remember correctly). Not Korhonen, but still a very Finnish one...Maleena isn't a typo: I think it's a rarely used Finnish form of Malena.
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