# Yrjö (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yrjo/  
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 Yrjö

- Yrjö Väisälä, Finnish astronomer and physicist
- Yrjö Nikkanen, athletics competitor (1914–1985)
- Yrjö Saarela, Finnish farmer and wrestler (1884-1951)
- Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, Finnish politician (1830-1903)
- Yrjö Hietanen, Finnish canoeist (1927–2011)
- Yrjö Sirola, Finnish politician and writer (1876–1936)
- Yrjö Kilpinen, Finnish composer (1892-1959)
- Yrjo A. Rantanen, Finnish chess player (1950–2021)
- Yrjö Wichmann, Finnish docent
- Yrjö Kokko, Finnish writer and veterinarian (1903-1977)
- Yrjö Kukkapuro, Finnish designer and architect (1933–2025)
- Yrjö Kallinen, Finnish politician

## 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.