Sini is a
Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on 2 September. In
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...
, it began to be used in the 1930s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. As of 2012 there are over 9000 women with this name in Finland.
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Origin and variants
The name Sini means ''blue''. It originated as a variant of the name Sinikka
Sinikka is a Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on 2 September. In Finland, it began to be used in the 1930s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. As of 2012 there are over 55,000 with this name in Finla ...
, which in turn comes from ''Sininen'', the Finnish word for blue.
Notable people
Notable people with this name include:
* Sini Anderson
Sini Anderson (born November 6, 19??) is an American film director, producer, performance artist, choreographer, dancer and poet, from Chicago, Illinois. Anderson is widely known for directing ''The Punk Singer'' (2013), a documentary about riot ...
, American film director, producer, performance artist and poet
* Sini Häkkinen
Sini Häkkinen (born 1990) is a Finnish volley-ball player. Her playing position is wing spiker
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections t ...
, Finnish volleyball player
* Sini Latvala
Sini Tuuli Susanne Latvala (née Pöyry, born 3 February 1980 in Kankaanpää) is a retired female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.16 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Kaustinen. She was nicknamed "Sintsa".
Achievemen ...
, Finnish hammer thrower
References
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Finnish feminine given names
Feminine given names