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| Origin | |
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| Language(s) | Estonian, Finnish |
| Meaning | ram, wether (Ovis aries) |
| Region of origin | Baltic-Finnic linguistic area |
Oinas is an Estonian and Finnish surname meaning " ram" or "wether" (Ovis aries). [1]
Notable people bearing the surname Oinas include:
- Aleksander Oinas (1887–1942), Estonian politician
- Alma Ostra-Oinas (1886–1960), Estonian journalist, writer and politician
- Asko Oinas (1929–2020), Finnish government official and Governor of Lapland
- August Oinas (1898–1965), Estonian historian
- Felix Oinas (1911–2004), Estonian folklorist, linguist, scholar and translator
- Toivo Oinas (born 1954), Finnish singer
- Valdar Oinas (born 1942), Estonian astrophysicist
- ^ Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2013). "The origins of stems of standard Estonian – a statistical overview" (PDF). Trames. 17 (67/62) (3): 273–300. doi: 10.3176/tr.2013.3.04. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
This page lists people with the
surname Oinas.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
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| Origin | |
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| Language(s) | Estonian, Finnish |
| Meaning | ram, wether (Ovis aries) |
| Region of origin | Baltic-Finnic linguistic area |
Oinas is an Estonian and Finnish surname meaning " ram" or "wether" (Ovis aries). [1]
Notable people bearing the surname Oinas include:
- Aleksander Oinas (1887–1942), Estonian politician
- Alma Ostra-Oinas (1886–1960), Estonian journalist, writer and politician
- Asko Oinas (1929–2020), Finnish government official and Governor of Lapland
- August Oinas (1898–1965), Estonian historian
- Felix Oinas (1911–2004), Estonian folklorist, linguist, scholar and translator
- Toivo Oinas (born 1954), Finnish singer
- Valdar Oinas (born 1942), Estonian astrophysicist
- ^ Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2013). "The origins of stems of standard Estonian – a statistical overview" (PDF). Trames. 17 (67/62) (3): 273–300. doi: 10.3176/tr.2013.3.04. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
This page lists people with the
surname Oinas.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.