Pekka Explained
Pekka is a Finnish male given name. It was most popular around the middle of the 20th century. As of 2013 there were more than 100,000 people registered with this name in Finland.[1] The nameday is the 29th of June in the Finnish tradition and the 25th of June on the orthodox calendar.[2] It originated as a variation of the name Peter (Pietari).[3]
Notable people with this name include:
- Pekka-Eric Auvinen (1989-2007), perpetrator of the Jokela school shooting in 2007
- Pekka Haavisto (born 1958), Finnish politician and minister
- Pekka Harttila (born 1941), Finnish diplomat and a lawyer
- Pekka Heino (television presenter) (born 1961), Swedish television host and presenter
- Pekka Heino (singer) (born 1976), Finnish metal singer
- Pekka Himanen (born 1973), Finnish philosopher
- Pekka Huhtaniemi (born 1949), Finnish diplomat
- Pekka Koskela (born 1982), Finnish speed skater
- Pekka Kuusisto (born 1976), Finnish violinist
- Pekka Lagerblom (born 1982), Finnish footballer
- Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934), Finnish arachnologist and taxonomist
- Pekka Lehto (born 1948), Finnish film director
- Pekka Leskinen (born 1954), Finnish figure skater
- Pekka Lundmark (born 1963), Finnish business executive
- Pekka Niemi (skier) (1909–1993), Finnish cross-country skier
- Pekka Niemi (weightlifter) (born 1952), Finnish weightlifter
- Pekka Pohjola (1952–2008), Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer
- Pekka Pyykkö (born 1941), Finnish chemist
- Pekka Rinne (born 1982), Finnish ice hockey goaltender
- Pekka Rautakallio (born 1953), Finnish ice hockey defenceman and coach
- Pekka Saarinen (born 1983), Finnish racing driver
- Esa-Pekka Salonen (born 1958), Finnish orchestral conductor and composer
- Pekka Sammallahti (born 1947), Finnish professor of Sámi languages
- Pekka Tarjanne (1937–2010), Finnish scientist and politician
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Digital and population data services agency.
- Web site: Name Days for the name Urho.
- Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Urho.
