Terho

19th century plant name from terho (“acorn”), also associated with terhakka (“brisk”) and with the female names Terhikki, Terhi.

The surname is topographic, or sometimes a translation of Swedish Ek or similar names.

• IPA^(key): /ˈterho/, [ˈt̪e̞rho̞]
• Rhymes: -erho
• Syllabification^(key): Ter‧ho

Terho

1. a male given name
   • 1997, Marja Kyllönen, Lyijyuuma, WSOY, →ISBN, pages 122–123:

     — Terve Terho, Tuukka kuittasi kuskipukin ratinjatkeen ja vasta silloin Olja kopitti taustapeilin kautta puhutetun kasvot silmiinsä. Kikatus alkoi nakuttaa hänen kurkkuaan kuin palotikka: ajurin totinen tukka kupristui napoksi tammenruskean otsan ylle ja mies toden totta näytti nimeltään.

     — Hi Terho, Tuukka quipped at the driver's seat and only then Olja caught the face of the one being talked to through the rear-view mirror. Giggling soon began knocking in the throat like a woodpecker: the driver's serious hair was curled like a dipper on the oak-brown forehead. The man really looked the part of his name.

2. a Finnish surname from landscape

• Terho is the 255^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,861 male individuals (and as a middle name to 455 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• Terho is the 932^nd (tied with 2 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 928 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• rehto