# Pentti (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pentti/  
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 Pentti

- Pentti Linkola, Finnish ecologist, polemicist, naturalist, writer, and fisherman (1932–2020)
- Pentti Saarikoski, Finnish writer, poet and translator (1937–1983)
- Pentti Hämäläinen, Finnish boxer (1929-1984)
- Pentti Arajärvi, Finnish doctor of law
- Pentti Eskola, Finnish geologist (1883–1964)
- Pentti Nikula, Finnish pole vaulter
- Pentti Haanpää, Finnish writer (1905-1955)
- Pentti Holappa, Finnish writer (1927-2017)
- Pentti Kokkonen, Finnish ski jumper
- Pentti Uotinen, Finnish ski jumper (1931-2010)
- Pentti Aalto, Finnish linguist (1917–1998)
- Pentti Siimes, Finnish actor (1929–2016)

## 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.