Teppo

Teppo is a male Finnish name, that originated as a diminutive of the name Tapani.
It is quite an uncommon first name, and is derived from Stefanos, a Greek name which means roughly translated "laurel" or "crowned" or "crown". The name made its way through the Russian name Stefan (nickname Stepan, or Stjopa) to Carelian Stjoppi, from where it came to the Finnish version - Teppo. However, some claim the name's origin is the Greek name Teofilus (God's friend) or Teodor (God's gift).
In Finland, Teppo was the name of a pagan god "Travel-Teppo", who was prayed to guide the way and bless travels. In the 19th century, it began to be used as a normal first name. Most popular time for the name Teppo was years 1960-1980. In 2005, 3841 men had been given the name Teppo.
Teppo can also be a last name, but it is quite rare.

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Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Teppo Numminen	1968	Ice hockey player
2	Teppo J. Suonperä	1929
3	Teppo Felin		Finnish academic
4	Teppo Airaksinen	1983
5	Teppo Mäkynen	1974
6	Teppo Velin	1980	Finnish musician
7	Teppo Manner	1992	Finnish actor
8	Teppo Hauta-aho	1941	Finnish musician
9	Mark Teppo	1968	American writer
10	Teppo Koivisto	1961	Finnish pianist
11	Teppo Lampela	1969
12	Teppo Säkkinen
13	Teppo Turkki	1958	Finnish academic
14	Teppo Eskelinen
15	Teppo Rastio	1934	Finnish ice hockey player
16	Teppo Järvinen	1967	Finnish scenographer
17	Teppo Sillantaus	1962	Finnish journalist
18	Teppo Repo	1886	Finnish herder and folk musician
19	Teppo Välimäki	1961	Finnish journalist
20	Jaakko Teppo	1953	Finnish singer-songwriter
21	Teppo Hirvi-Kunnas	1919
22	Teppo Raikas	1883	Finnish actor (1883-1916)
23	Miihkali Teppo	1992	Finnish ice hockey defenceman
24	Teppo Virta	1962	Finnish ice hockey player
25	Teppo Jalonen	1970	Finnish long-distance runner
26	Teppo Salakka	1959
27	Teppo Marttinen	1997	Finnish association football player
28	Teppo Kivelä	1967	Finnish ice hockey player
29	Teppo Salmisaari	1924	Finnish canoeist
30	Teppo Korte	1919
31	Teppo Jänis
32	Teppo Vihola	1954
33	Teppo Heikkinen	1950	Finnish association football player
34	Teppo Kesäläinen	1942	Finnish rower
35	Teppo Räisänen
36	Teppo Mäkelä	1988	Finnish floorball player
37	Teppo Takala	1939
38	Teppo Heikkilä	1983	Finnish volleyball player
39	Teppo Sirniö
40	Teppo Samooja
41	Teppo Syrjälä
42	Teppo Kotivuori	1895
43	Teppo Heimo
44	Teppo Kaivola	1939	Finnish basketball player
45	Teppo Laaksonen
46	Teppo Lampio	1921
47	Teppo Mattsson	1961
48	Teppo Martikainen	1965
49	Teppo Haapasalo		Finnish musician and producer