Kivi

See also: kivi, kíví, and ki̱ví

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian and Finnish Kivi.

Proper noun

Kivi (plural Kivis)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Kivi is the 39717th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 553 individuals. Kivi is most common among White (95.12%) individuals.

Further reading


Estonian

Etymology

From kivi (stone).

Proper noun

Kivi

  1. a surname

Finnish

Etymology

From kivi (stone), mostly in late 19th and early 20th centuries, often as a translation of Swedish surnames containing the word sten (stone).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiʋi/, [ˈkiʋi]
  • Rhymes: -iʋi
  • Syllabification(key): Ki‧vi

Proper noun

Kivi

  1. a surname from landscape, notably of the first Finnish novelist Aleksis Kivi

Declension

Inflection of Kivi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative Kivi Kivet
genitive Kiven Kivien
partitive Kiveä Kiviä
illative Kiveen Kiviin
singular plural
nominative Kivi Kivet
accusative nom. Kivi Kivet
gen. Kiven
genitive Kiven Kivien
partitive Kiveä Kiviä
inessive Kivessä Kivissä
elative Kivestä Kivistä
illative Kiveen Kiviin
adessive Kivellä Kivillä
ablative Kiveltä Kiviltä
allative Kivelle Kiville
essive Kivenä Kivinä
translative Kiveksi Kiviksi
instructive Kivin
abessive Kivettä Kivittä
comitative Kivineen
Possessive forms of Kivi (type ovi)
possessor singular plural
1st person Kiveni Kivemme
2nd person Kivesi Kivenne
3rd person Kivensä
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