Esko

From Eskel, ultimately from Swedish Eskil, name of a medieval saint (an archbishop), from Old Norse Áskell.

• IPA^(key): /ˈesko/, [ˈesko]

Esko

1. a male given name

From Swedish Eskil, name of a medieval saint (an archbishop), from Old Norse Áskell.

• IPA^(key): /ˈesko/, [ˈe̞s̠ko̞]
• Rhymes: -esko
• Syllabification^(key): Es‧ko
• Hyphenation^(key): Es‧ko

Esko

1. a male given name
   • 1864, Aleksis Kivi, Nummisuutarit, SKS, published 1956, act I:

     Eskoa et tyhmäksi maininne, yhtä viisas on hän aina kuin isänsäkin, minä nimittäin; hän on ihan kaltaiseni, niin sielun kuin ruumiin puolesta. Hän ei ole tyhmä, vaan vähän itsepäinen, ja sen taitaa tukastansakin nähdä, joka on valkoinen ja harjaskankea, niinkuin ukolla itse tässä.

     I must not talk of Esko as stupid, he is as wise as his father, that is me; he is like me, both in body and in soul. He is not stupid, only a little stubborn, and perhaps one can tell that just by his hair; white and stiff like the hairs of a broom, like yours truly.

2. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

• (surnames) Eskelinen, Eskola

• Esko is the 58^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 12,939 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,278 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Esko belongs to 242 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• ekso-, seko