# Erkki (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erkki/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Erkki

- Erkki Tuomioja, Finnish politician (born 1946)
- Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian composer (born 1959)
- Erkki Kataja, Finnish pole vaulter (1924-1969)
- Erkki Aaltonen, Finnish composer (1910–1990)
- Erkki Liikanen, Finnish politician and central banker
- Erkki Pakkanen, boxer (1930–1973)
- Erkki Mallenius, boxer (1928–2003)
- Erkki Antila, Finnish biathlete (1954–2023)
- Erkki Raappana, Finnish general (1893–1962)
- Erkki Huttunen, Finnish architect
- Erkki Karu, Finnish filmmaker (1887–1935)
- Erkki Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.