Veijo
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Veijo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Veikko, from veijo (“brother”), an archaic form of veikko.
- FIFinland1 in 947(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 30K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 4 (measured from records)
- 1 in 947 (inferred from the name graph)
5,883 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Вейо in FI Finland, RU Russia.
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)
Variant of Veikko, from veijo (“brother”), an archaic form of veikko.
Sources 2
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Veijo 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.
5,883 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register), counting the spelling veijo. 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); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Veijo Saloheimob. 1924FIFinnish historian
- Pentti Isotalob. 1927FInot in their usual nameFinnish ice hockey player and referee (1927–2021)
- Veijo Merib. 1928FIFinnish writer (1928–2015)
- Mikko Pesäläb. 1938FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician
- Kalevi Numminenb. 1940FInot in their usual nameFinnish ice hockey player and coach
- Jarmo Virmavirtab. 1940FInot in their usual nameFinnish journalist
- Veijo Baltzarb. 1942FIFinnish writer, theatre director and cultural figure
- Veijo Rönkkönenb. 1944FIFinnish sculptor
- Veijo Murtomäkib. 1954FIFinnish professor
- Veijo Mäkib. 1958FIFinnish chess player
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 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 134 | #10,225 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 46 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 3 | #66,897 |
| NA Namibia | ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates | 2025 | 1 | #12 |
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
- What does the name Veijo mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of Veikko, from veijo (“brother”), an archaic form of veikko. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- Is Veijo a male or female name?
- Veijo is a male 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.
- What are other forms of the name Veijo?
- In the etymology graph, Veikko is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Veijo have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 5.9 thousand people named Veijo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled вейо.
- Where is Veijo most common?
- Veijo is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 947 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Veijo?
- In Finland, the national register counted 5,883 people named Veijo, about 1 in 947 residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/veijoThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Veijo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.