as a Last Name
- 1,196
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Jarvi
Meaning & Origins
Finnish (Järvi): topographic or ornamental name from järvi ‘lake’. During the name conversion movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Järvi was widely adopted as an ornamental replacement by Finns with Swedish surnames. It is also found as a Finnish American abbreviation of names such as Järviluoma and Sikojärvi.
| 20,117th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,196
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Minnesota
- has the most people named Jarvi per capita
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