Satu is a female given name in Finland, meaning ''
fairytale
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''. Its
nameday
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, as well as Christian communities elsewhere. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively t ...
is celebrated on 18 October. As of 2012, more than 26500 people in Finland had this name. The name peaked in popularity in the 1960s and the 1970s.
Notable people
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Satu Hassi, a Finnish politician
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Satu Huotari, a Finnish ice hockey player
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Satu Levelä, a Finnish long-distance runner
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Satu Mäkelä-Nummela, a Finnish sports shooter
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Satu Paavola, a Finnish actress
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Satu Pauri, a Finnish former heptathlete
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Satu Salonen, a Finnish former cross country skier
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Satu Vänskä
Satu Vänskä (born 1979) is a Finnish Australian violinist.
Early life
Vänskä was born to a Finnish family in the Kinki region of Japan, where she took her first violin lessons at the age of three. Her family moved back to Finland in 1989 an ...
, a Finnish violinist
References
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Finnish feminine given names
Feminine given names