Finnish Dog Names

[Hank W.]

And then people complain Finland is bureaucratic with silly name laws

The Finnish language does really not have the letter "g", even less in the beginning - except in loan words. So even then Gisela is pronounced more often 'Kisela' (never with a soft french dzheee in any case), so you'd probably name it 'ghoti' and call 'fish'.

You could always thou name it 'goira' or even better 'gissa', especially if its from Turku

Then again, Lapland...there might well be some Sami names starting with 'G'

[EP]

No Finnish name, male or female, starts with G. That is an alien letter to Finnish. There might be someting in Sámi, though. They use G. And since it is lapinkoira that would be more than suitable I think.

[karen]

Do you want carlic on your pizza?

[EP]

OK, I did a little search. At least these are Sámi girl names starting with G:

Geardá
Gáre
Giste
Gáren
Gáddjá
Girste
Gierá
Gealá
Gollá
Gearte

[Jukka Aho]

dogs born this year should have a name starting with G, [...] this years character doesn't seem very popular. So who can help me out? This is what I'm looking for: a Finnish name for a female dog starting with a G

Without going into too much detail, the letters B, C, D, F, G, Q, W, X, and Z all belong to the Finnish alphabet, but at the end of the day, they’re considered “foreign” and “non-Finnish”, to varying degrees. Finding a Finnish name that begins with the letter “G” might thus be a challenging task, largely because G is not usually used in Finnish words (except for the “ng” combination and some dialects and slang.)

If you can accept some Swedish influence, Swedish-speaking Finns might be able to help you out with this, though.

[Hank W.]

pee, see, tee, ähvä, kee, kuu, tupla-vee, äksä, tseta

än mou karlik oon tö pitsa, tänks!

[Rosamunda]

...so what does Pikku G stand for then? I thought there was some boppy pre-pubescent singer called Pikku G ????

[mCowboy]

...so what does Pikku G stand for then? I thought there was some boppy pre-pubescent singer called Pikku G ????

Gangsteri as in gangsta...

[Hank W.]

Can anyone give me some clue on how I should pronounce all these names.

Err... how they are written of course... I still am amazed you can diagnose dyslexia in France - write eau and say ööö ... http://www.mikropuhe.fi/demo has a talking robot.

[EP]

Like Hank says: The way they are written. OK, I have forgotten phonetic transcription, so I just try with a stupid example. For example Gollá:

"Go" like "go" in gone. "lla" like "la" in Laos, only the tongue stays in the palate a little longer so the l comes long (because there are two l´s).

[Vesta-Minerva]

Few names how we named our dogs:

* Nyyti
* Repe
* Tosca
* Jaska

Next dog is going to be "Smokey"

[PEMM]

Why dont you just name it Musti or Tessu like every other good citizen?

[Vesta-Minerva]

Why dont you just name it Musti or Tessu like every other good citizen?

I wanted got out from the others. Be different with courage

Those are just common like Rontti, Rekku, Ressu, Haukku, Luppa etc.

[EP]

You find the Sápmi phonetic transcription here: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/saami.htm

I don´t know any Sápmi, so I cannot tell the meanings. But after all, they are female names, so they cannot be very ridiculous. Who would want to give his/her daughter a ridiculous name?

And I have noticed that Tessu & co are not so usual dog names noways, I know dogs named Pirjo, Doris and Paavo.

[Hank W.]

Who would want to give his/her daughter a ridiculous name?

Ask Anu Saukkonen's mom.