Seppo

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Seppo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsepːo]) is a masculine given name of Finnish origin. It has two distinct origins; Seppo is a character in the Kalevala, whose name is derived from the Finnish word seppä, meaning smith, and the name is also a diminutive for Sebastian in Finland.

It may refer to:

People[edit]

  • Seppo Evwaraye (born 1982), Finnish National Football League offensive guard
  • Seppo Kääriäinen (born 1948), Finnish politician
  • Seppo Kolehmainen (1933–2009), Finnish film actor
  • Seppo Lehto (born 1962), Finnish political activist
  • Seppo Pääkkönen (born 1957), Finnish actor
  • Seppo Ruohonen (1946-2020), Finnish opera singer
  • Seppo Räty (born 1962), Finnish javelin thrower
  • Seppo Sairanen (born 1952), Finnish football manager and former goalkeeper
  • Seppo Seluska, Swedish neo-Nazi and subject of the historical photo A Woman Hitting a Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag
  • Seppo Simola (1936–2003), Finnish shotputter
  • Seppo Telenius (born 1954), Finnish writer
  • Seppo Harjanne (born 1948), Finnish WRC co-driver
  • Seppō Gison, the Japanese surname of Chinese Zen Master Xuefeng Yicun (822-908)

Fictional or mythological characters[edit]

  • Seppo Ilmarinen, the smith in the Kalevala of Finnish mythology
  • Seppo Taalasmaa, in the Finnish soap opera Salatut elämät

Other[edit]

  • An Australian English variation on "septic" (from "septic tank", rhyming with "yank"), a slang term for "American" in rhyming slang

See also[edit]

  • Sepo County, a county in North Korea
  • Sepo, Illinois, a town in the United States
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