Reijo is a Finnish male given name. There are more than 27,000 people with this name in Finland. More than half of them were born in the 1940s and 1950s. It originated as a variation of the Latin name Gregorius and the Greek name Gregorios, which are the equivalent of

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in English. The

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is the 12th of March, the anniversary of the death of

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. Notable people who have this name include: *

Reijo Hakanen Reijo Hakanen (born August 20, 1943) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga for Ilves. He was born in Kangasala, Finland and inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is ho ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Reijo Halme Reijo Halme (13 March 1899 – 8 April 1941) was a Finnish sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres and the 4x100 metres events at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad ( ...

, Finnish sprinter *

Reijo Hammar Reijo Juhani Hammar (now known as Andreas Hammar, born 1953) is a Finnish criminal. He has been called Finland's most dangerous prisoner. On 10 July 1986 Hammar murdered Antti Johannes Eljaala, a 44-year-old businessman from Tampere, onboard the s ...

, Finnish murderer *

Reijo Leppänen Reijo Kalevi Leppänen (born 8 November 1951 in Turku, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hoc ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Reijo Linna Reijo Linna (born 28 March 1963) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a midfielder. During his career, he played in his native Finland and Singapore. He won two Finnish championship titles and one Finnish Cup with HJK Helsinki, Singapor ...

, Finnish former footballer *

Reijo Mäki Reijo Juhani Mäki (born 12 October 1958) is a Finnish writer of crime fiction. Career Mäki published his first novel ''Enkelipölyä'' in 1985. His most well-known character is private detective Jussi Vares who was first introduced in the ...

, Finnish writer *

Reijo Mattinen Reijo Mattinen (born 1963) is a Finnish orienteering competitor, three times medalist in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships. He received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' in 1989, a bronze medal in 1991, and a silver medal ...

, Finnish orienteering competitor *

Reijo Mikkolainen Reijo Kalevi Mikkolainen (born May 14, 1964 in Pirkkala, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Reijo Ruotsalainen Reijo Ruotsalainen (born April 1, 1960) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was twice named Finland's top defenceman, and won two Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, in 1987 and 1990. Playing career Ruotsalainen started ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Reijo Ståhlberg Reijo Einar Ståhlberg (born 21 September 1952 in Ekenäs, Finland) is a 194 cm former Finnish shot putter whose competitive weight was 128 kg. He holds the Finnish shot put record of 21.69 meters and represented Finland in the 1976 and ...

, Finnish shot putter *

Reijo Tossavainen Reijo Tossavainen (born 13 November 1948 in Kiuruvesi, Northern Savonia) is a Finnish politician and a member of the True Finns. He represented the constituency of Kymi in the Parliament of Finland for the 2011 parliamentary election. In 20 ...

, Finnish politician *

Reijo Vähälä Reijo Untamo Vähälä (7 March 1946 – 27 September 2024) was a Finnish high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its ...

, Finnish high jumper

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