Panu
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/pænu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Panu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Short form of Latin Urbanus, also associated with obsolete Finnish panu (“fire, flame”).
- FIFinland1 in 2.2K(measured from records)
- EEEstonia≈1 in 78K
- SESweden1 in 464K
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)
- Sources
- 38 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
2,510 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Short form of Latin Urbanus, also associated with obsolete Finnish panu (“fire, flame”).
Sources 2
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Panu 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | 2,510 | 1 in 2.2K | 2.7K | Panu | 21 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 812K | — | Panu | 29 |
| US United States | ≈89 est. | ≈1 in 3.7M | listed | Panu | 36 |
| ES Spain | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 2.1M | 16 | — | 1 |
| SE Sweden | 22 | 1 in 464K | 22 | — | — |
| MY Malaysia | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Panu | 6 |
| EE Estonia | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 78K | listed | — | — |
2,510 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); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Panu is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In xbr, kind of skin disease coupled with spots on the skin
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In gdd, village, settlement, hamlet, town, place, city
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Polish, dative/locative singular of pan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ppl, to pass, to cross, to go by
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Indonesian, nonstandard form of panau
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In wbp, a lot of, several, many
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Panu Kailab. 1939FIFinnish architect
- Panu Rajalab. 1945FIFinnish writer
- Panu Petteri Höglundb. 1966FIFinnish writer and translator
- Panu Tuomib. 1968FIFinnish poet
- Panu Kalmib. 1971FIFinnish economist
- Panu Vauhkonenb. 1972FIFinnish actor
- Panu Pihkalab. 1979FIFinnish theologian, researcher and writer, adjunct professor of environmental theology
- Panu Aaltiob. 1982FIFinnish composer and record producer
- Panu Hyyppäb. 1987FIFinnish ice hockey player
- Panu Miehob. 1995FIFinnish ice hockey player (born 1995)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 2.7K | #459 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 2.5K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 22 | #23,316 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 14 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #38,273 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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 Panu mean, and where does it come from?
- Short form of Latin Urbanus, also associated with obsolete Finnish panu (“fire, flame”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- What are other forms of the name Panu?
- In the etymology graph, Urbanus and Urpo are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Panu?
- A machine transcription gives /pænu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Panu a male or female name?
- Panu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Panu have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 2.5 thousand people named Panu, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled panu.
- Where is Panu most common?
- Panu is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.2 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Panu?
- In Finland, the national register counted 2,510 people named Panu, about 1 in 2.2 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Panu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/panuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Panu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.