Veeti

  • [ VE:-tee ]
  • Finnish
Finnish diminutive of FREDRIK or FERDINAND.

FREDRIK   male   Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish form of FREDERICK. This was the name of a 18th-century king of Sweden.
FREDERICK   male   English
English form of a Germanic name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from frid "peace" and ric "ruler, power". This name has long been common in continental Germanic-speaking regions, being borne by rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, and Prussia. Notables among these rulers include the 12th-century Holy Roman Emperor and crusader Frederick I Barbarossa, the 13th-century emperor and patron of the arts Frederick II, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great.

The Normans brought the name to England in the 11th century but it quickly died out. It was reintroduced by the German House of Hanover when they inherited the British throne in the 18th century. A famous bearer was Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition.
FERDINAND   male   German, French, Dutch, English, Czech, Slovene, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements fardi "journey" and nand "daring, brave". The Visigoths brought the name to the Iberian Peninsula, where it entered into the royal families of Spain and Portugal. From there it became common among the Habsburg royal family of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria, starting with the Spanish-born Ferdinand I in the 16th century. A notable bearer was Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), called Fernão de Magalhães in Portuguese, who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the earth.
FULL FORMS
FINNISH: Ferdinand, Fredrik
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Ferdinand, Friduric
CATALAN: Ferran
CZECH: Bedřich, Ferdinand
DANISH: Frederik
DUTCH: Ferdi, Ferdinand, Fred, Frederik, Freek, Frits, Rik
ENGLISH: Ferdie, Ferdinand, Ferdy, Fred, Freddie, Freddy, Frederick, Fredric, Fredrick
FINNISH: Vertti
FRENCH: Ferdinand, Fernand, Fred, Frédéric
FRISIAN: Fedde
GERMAN: Ferdi, Ferdinand, Fiete, Fred, Friedrich, Fritz
HUNGARIAN: Ferdinánd, Frigyes, Nándor
ICELANDIC: Friðrik
ITALIAN: Federico, Federigo, Ferdinando, Fredo
LATVIAN: Fricis, Frīdrihs
NORWEGIAN: Fredrik
POLISH: Ferdynand, Fryderyk
PORTUGUESE: Fernando, Fernão, Fred, Frederico
SLOVENE: Ferdinand, Friderik
SPANISH: Federico, Fernando, Hernán, Hernando, Nando
SWEDISH: Fredrik
FEMININE FORMS
DANISH: Frederikke, Rikke
ENGLISH: Frederica, Freida, Frieda, Rica
FINNISH: Fredrika, Riika, Riikka
FRENCH: Fernande, Frédérique
GERMAN: Ferdinanda, Frieda, Friede, Friederike, Fritzi, Rike
ICELANDIC: Friðrika
ITALIAN: Federica, Ferdinanda, Fernanda
POLISH: Fryderyka
PORTUGUESE: Fernanda, Frederica
SPANISH: Fernanda
SWEDISH: Fredrika, Rika