Aino

Noun

 * 1)  (ethnic group of Japan)

Proper noun

 * 1)  (language)

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Usage notes

 * Popular in the 1930s.

Etymology
From, a poetic variant of , also in the sense "unique". The name was invented by Elias Lönnrot for the second edition of the Kalevala (1849) by adding an upper case initial to terms like, of the first edition (1835).

Proper noun

 * 1) A heroine in the Kalevala.

Usage notes

 * The most popular first name for women born in Finland in 1916-1927 and again in 2006 and 2020.