Veljo is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

n masculine given name, possibly a local diminutive of the given name

Villem Villem is an Estonian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language William and the German Wilhelm and may refer to: *Villem Gross (1922–2001), Estonian writer and journalist *Villem Grünthal-Ridala (1885–1942), Estonian poe ...

, or derived from the

Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 16 ...

word ''veli'', meaning "brother". As of 1 January 2021, 476 men in Estonia have the first name Veljo, making it the 280th most popular male name in the country. The name is most common in the 45-49 age group, where 8.75 per 10,000 inhabitants bear the name. The name is most commonly found in

Saare County Saare County ( et, Saare maakond or ''Saaremaa''; la, Oesel; german: Ösel; sv, Ösel) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, Ab ...

, where 12.50 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the name. Individuals bearing the name Veljo include: *

Veljo Kaasik Veljo Kaasik (born 17 July 1938 in Tallinn) is an Estonian architect. He was active architect between 1964 and 1993. He has designed public buildings, apartment houses, flats. Since 1990s, he is the head of architecture and urban planning depar ...

(born 1938), architect *

Veljo Käsper Veljo Käsper (13 May 1930 Tallinn – 16 March 1982 Tallinn) was an Estonian film director and scenarist. In 1964 he graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Since 1960 he worked at Tallinnfilm. Filmography * 1974 "Dangerous Gam ...

(1930–1982), film director *

Veljo Lamp Veljo Lamp (born 2 January 1968) is an Estonian athletics competitor. He was born in Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population ...

(born 1968), competitive runner * Veljo Reinik (born 1981), actor *

Veljo Tormis Veljo Tormis (7 August 1930 – 21 January 2017) was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the great contemporary choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia.Daitz, Mimi. Ancient Song Recovered: The ...

(1930–2017), composer

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