# Tapio (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tapio/  
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 Tapio

- Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athletics competitor, recording artist; singer and film actor
- Tapio Wirkkala, Finnish designer and sculptor (1915-1985)
- Tapio Korjus, Finnish javelin thrower
- Tapio Mäkelä, Finnish cross-country skier (1926-2016)
- Tapio Kantanen, Finnish athlete
- Tapio Nurmela, Finnish Nordic combined skier
- Tapio Räisänen, Finnish ski jumper
- Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
- Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer
- Tapio Hämäläinen, Finnish actor (1922–2008)
- Tapio Piipponen, Finnish biathlete
- Tapio Levo, 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.