Kivi
See also: kivi, kíví, and ki̱ví
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Estonian and Finnish Kivi.
Proper noun
Kivi (plural Kivis)
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kivi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 313.
Estonian
Etymology
From kivi (“stone”).
Proper noun
Kivi
- 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
- 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 | |
Related terms
- Kivelä
- Kivimäki
- Kivinen
- Kiviniemi
- Kivioja
- Kiviranta
- Kivistö