Antti

The standard short form of Antero and Andreas, cognate to English Andrew. Occasionally also derived from Anton (“Anthony”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑntːi/, [ˈɑ̝n̪t̪ːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑntːi
• Syllabification^(key): Ant‧ti

Antti

1. a male given name
   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 13 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):

     TIMO. »Minä ja sinä yksi, Keskievarin Antti ja Jussi toinen; kuinka monta meittiä ollaan?» kysyi minulta kerran Loimaan mies, ja samoin kysyn minä kanttoorilta nyt.

     TIMO: You and I make one, Coachhouse Antti and Jussi make two, so how many of us are there? That's what the man from Loimaa asked me once, and now I'm asking the sexton.

   • 1954, Väinö Linna, Tuntematon sotilas, WSOY, published 1970, page 148:

     —Rokkaha mie. Antero on etunim. Antiksha minnuu on sanottu koko ikkäi, ja niihä mie sanon itsekkii.

     —Me, I'm Rokka. Antero's my given name. I've been called Antti all my life and that's what I call myself.

   • 1975, Kaarlo Isotalo, Nuori isäntä ja hänen naisensa Aila, Uusi kirjakerho, published 1976, →ISBN, page 31:

     —En muista, opettaja sanoi ja lisäsi: —Heikki! Nimi kuulosti tutulta. Se oli tavallinen miehen nimi. Eihän tällä kylällä ollutkaan kuin Heikkejä, Matteja, Kalleja ja Antteja.

     I don't remember, teacher said and added: —Heikki! The name rang a bell. It was a common male name. After all, this village only had Heikkis, Mattis, Kalles and Anttis.

2. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

• Common since the Middle Ages. For example, the most popular first name of men born in Finland in 1984-1986.

• (surname) Anttila

• Antti is the 7^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 36,838 male individuals (and as a middle name to 18,089 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Antti belongs to 61 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• -ttain, tatin, tinat