Juhani

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Juhani är en finsk form av → Johannes

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

/dʒhɑni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Juhani is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Finland, where it is the 4th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland
  • EEEstonia
  • CHSwitzerland

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Swedish

Juhani är en finsk form av → Johannes. Det är det mest frekventa mansnamnet i Finland och var även det vanligaste småpojksnamnet 2018. En av bröderna i Aleksis Kivis roman Sju bröder (1870) heter Juhani vilket anses ha bidragit till namnets popularitet.

Sources 1

  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

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

Where Juhani is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland#4—360KJuhani23
EE Estonia——33Juhani4
BR Brazil———Juhani15
PH Philippines———Juhani6
ES Spain———Juhani10
CH Switzerland———Juhani1
SE Sweden——8.5KJuhani5
PT Portugal———Juhani2

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 — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); 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)

Juhani is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, Russia, Estonia, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Bulgarian

    Also written Юхани

  • Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

    Languages: Arabic, Maltese

    Also written Juhanī, Juhānī

42 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Juhani is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, männl. Vom., finnische Form von

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • Finnish form of JOHN .

    as a word

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)

1850190019502000Juhani Aho, b. 1861Einojuhani Rautavaara, b. 1928Jorma Panula, b. 1930Paavo Haavikko, b. 1931Pave Maijanen, b. 1950Mika Kaurismäki, b. 1955Antti Rinne, b. 1962Timo Soini, b. 1962Mika Salo, b. 1966Klaus Härö, b. 1971
  • Juhani Ahob. 1861FIFinnish author and journalist (1861-1921)
  • Einojuhani Rautavaarab. 1928FInot in their usual nameFinnish composer (1928–2016)
  • Jorma Panulab. 1930FInot in their usual nameFinnish conductor and composer
  • Paavo Haavikkob. 1931FInot in their usual nameFinnish poet and writer (1931–2008)
  • Pave Maijanenb. 1950FInot in their usual nameFinnish singer (1950–2021)
  • Mika Kaurismäkib. 1955FInot in their usual nameFinnish film director
  • Antti Rinneb. 1962FInot in their usual name45th Prime Minister of Finland
  • Timo Soinib. 1962FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician
  • Mika Salob. 1966FInot in their usual nameFinnish racing driver (1966-)
  • Klaus Häröb. 1971FInot in their usual nameFinnish film director (born 1971)

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)

Formal尊敬的Juhani先生：Dear Mr Juhani, (English)
Informal你好，Juhani！Hi Juhani, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Juhani
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—1#85,861

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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

In which country does Juhani have the most bearers?
Juhani is most frequently recorded in Finland, where it is most often spelled juhani.
How do you pronounce Juhani?
A machine transcription gives /dʒhɑni/ (IPA) for Chinese.
What does the name Juhani mean?
Recorded meaning: Juhani är en finsk form av → Johannes.
How common is Juhani compared with other names?
In Finland, Juhani is the 4th most common surname of 94,499 surnames recorded there.
What are other forms of the name Juhani?
In the etymology graph, Van, Jani and Jaan are forms of the same name in other languages.

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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, “Juhani” — the 4th most common surname in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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