Arvo

Where Arvo comes from

Arvo hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1909
    First appearance
    #1,440 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1915
    Peak, #952
    43 babies named Arvo — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1918
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,648.
  4. 1935
    Arvo Valton born
    Estonian writer
  5. 1935
    Arvo Pärt born
    Estonian composer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Arvo Pärt · Estonian composer, born 1935
  • Arvo Valton · Estonian writer, 1935–2024
  • Arvo Askola · athletics competitor, 1909–1975
  • Arvo Aaltonen · Finnish swimmer, 1892–1949
  • Arvo Haavisto · Finnish Olympic wrestler, 1900–1977

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.