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One of my guilty pleasures is a Finnish reality show called Toisenlaiset äidit ("Different mothers"), where they follow one mother per episode and their last weeks of pregnancy and first weeks with a newborn baby. (Why a guilty pleasure? Because I'm very single and not even sure if I want children, but I'm fascinated by pregnancy and motherhood stuff.)

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Anyway, in the latest season they told the stories of these babies (parents' names are in the brackets):

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Jaajo Lemmy Caspian, sisters Alina and Minea (Liisa and Leevi)
Aito-Iisakki Jimmynpoika (Satu and Jimmy)
Sabina Sini Serafiina (Minttu and Hannu)
Ahti Olavi (Olga and Antti)
Viivi Aleksandra, brothers Eemil, Veeti, Niilo and Leevi (Mari and Joni)
Aida Heleena Johanna, brother Edvin (Karoliina and Anton)
Ricky Pyry Benjam (Vilma and Jesse)
Aapo & Miro, brother Jami (Niina and Joni, Jami’s father Ville)
Jaxon Jim Casper, brother Alex (Miisa and Janne)
Elina Gabrielle (Heljä and Damodar)

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Jaajo (pronounced as YAH:-yoh) comes from Jaajo Linnonmaa, who's a popular TV and radio host. His real name is Jari, but has been called Jaajo since his childhood, because he had a difficulty to pronounce the "r" sound.
Aito (IE-toh) means "real", Jimmynpoika "Jimmy's son". His parents are very religious (Jimmy is even a pastor) and suffered many years of childlessness, so I think Aito-Iisakki's name refers to Isaac from the Bible.
Sini honors Minttu's big sister who passed away tragically, Heleena Karoliina's great-grandmother (if I remember correctly).
Benjam (BEN-yahm) is an old Finnish form of Benjamin.
Heljä (HEL-ya, the "ä" letter is same "a" in Catherine) is a variant of Helinä (which means "jingle").

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What do you think of these names?

This message was edited 11/26/2017, 12:20 AM