# Pertti (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pertti/  
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 Pertti

- Pertti Karppinen, Finnish rower
- Pertti Ukkola, Finnish amateur wrestler
- Pertti Purhonen, Finnish boxer (1942–2011)
- Pertti Teurajärvi, Finnish cross-country skier
- Pertti Paasio, Finnish politician (1939–2020)
- Pertti Alaja, Finnish association football player and coach (1952–2017)
- Pertti Salolainen, Finnish politician
- Pertti Mäkinen, Finnish sculptor (born 1952)
- Spede Pasanen, Finnish film and TV series director, producer, actor, comedian, game show host and invento
- Jukka Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey coach and former player
- Jarmo Wasama, Finnish ice hockey player (1943–1966)
- Ilkka Laitinen, Finnish lieutenant general (1962-2019)

## 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.