Päivi

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Päivi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country, where it is the 21st most common given name. Recorded meaning: Päivi är ett finskt namn, av Päivikki, som är bildat med suffixet -kki till mansnamnet Päiviö.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 169(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.5M
  • SESweden1 in 8.9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

32,964 people

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
83 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 169 (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

PäiviLatin(measured from records)
ПяйвиCyrillic(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Paivi in US United States, BE Belgium.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Swedish

Päivi är ett finskt namn, av Päivikki, som är bildat med suffixet -kki till mansnamnet Päiviö. Detta är i sin tur en finsk form av ett samiskt namn, nordsamiskt Beaivi ’dag; sol’. Päivi var det populäraste kvinnonamnet i Finland i början av 1960-talet.

Sources 1

  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Päivi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Päivi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland#2132,9641 in 16936KPäivi69
SE Sweden—1,1421 in 8.9K1.1KPäivi23
US United States—1351 in 2.5M134Paivi83
DE Germany—≈97 est.≈1 in 830K1Päivi26
NO Norway—≈73 est.≈1 in 75K—Päivi11
EE Estonia—≈37 est.≈1 in 34K24Päivi6
BE Belgium—≈30 est.≈1 in 395K—Paivi7

32,964 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the de-leipzig-vornamen register; Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Päivi is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Paivi, Païvi

  • Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland

    Also written Paivi

  • Bulgarian given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, Croatia

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

    Also written Paivi

  • a separate given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, United States, Sweden, Norway

    Also written Paivi

  • Persian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland

    Also written Paivi

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401950196019701980Päivi Paunu, b. 1946Päivi Istala, b. 1947Hannele Huovi, b. 1949Leena Peltonen-Palotie, b. 1952Päivi Aaltonen, b. 1952Päivi Räsänen, b. 1959Päivi Akonpelto, b. 1967Päivi Lipponen, b. 1967Päivi Salo, b. 1974Päivi Koskela, b. 1975

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Päivi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—36K#41
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—33K—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—1.1K#1,551
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2000968—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2001967—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)1999960—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2003959—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2002956—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2004951—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2005948—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2006936—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2007932—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Päivi mean?
Recorded meaning: Päivi är ett finskt namn, av Päivikki, som är bildat med suffixet -kki till mansnamnet Päiviö.
Is Päivi a male or female name?
Päivi is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Päivi have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 33 thousand people named Päivi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled päivi.
Where is Päivi most common?
Päivi is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 169 people carrying it.
How common is the name Päivi?
In Finland, the national register counted 32,964 people named Päivi, about 1 in 169 residents.
How common is Päivi compared with other names?
In Finland, Päivi is the 21st most common given name of 19,056 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Päivi” — the 21st most common given name in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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