Pekka is a Finnish male given name. It was most popular around the middle of the 20th century. As of 2013 there were more than 100,000 people registered with this name in Finland.[1] The nameday is the 29th of June in the Finnish tradition and the 25th of June on the orthodox calendar.[2] It originated as a variation of the name Peter (Pietari).[3]
Notable people with this name include:
Pekka-Eric Auvinen (1989-2007), perpetrator of the Jokela school shooting in 2007
Pekka Haavisto (born 1958), Finnish politician and minister
Pekka Harttila (born 1941), Finnish diplomat and a lawyer
Pekka Heino (television presenter) (born 1961), Swedish television host and presenter
Pekka Heino (singer) (born 1976), Finnish metal singer
Pekka Himanen (born 1973), Finnish philosopher
Pekka Huhtaniemi (born 1949), Finnish diplomat
Pekka Koskela (born 1982), Finnish speed skater
Pekka Kuusisto (born 1976), Finnish violinist
Pekka Lagerblom (born 1982), Finnish footballer
Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934), Finnish arachnologist and taxonomist
Pekka Lehto (born 1948), Finnish film director
Pekka Leskinen (born 1954), Finnish figure skater
Pekka Lundmark (born 1963), Finnish business executive
Pekka Niemi (skier) (1909–1993), Finnish cross-country skier
Pekka Niemi (weightlifter) (born 1952), Finnish weightlifter
Pekka Pohjola (1952–2008), Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer
Pekka Pyykkö (born 1941), Finnish chemist
Pekka Rinne (born 1982), Finnish ice hockey goaltender
Pekka Rautakallio (born 1953), Finnish ice hockey defenceman and coach
Pekka Saarinen (born 1983), Finnish racing driver
Esa-Pekka Salonen (born 1958), Finnish orchestral conductor and composer
Pekka Sammallahti (born 1947), Finnish professor of Sámi languages
Pekka Tarjanne (1937–2010), Finnish scientist and politician
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