Finnish players, names translated to English

[amnesiac]

http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx?Finnish+hockey+players'+names+in+English&id=590492




Teemu Selänne = Timothy Ridge

Jari Kurri = J. R. Skimmedmilk

Saku Koivu = Zack Birch

Olli Jokinen = OJ River

Teppo Numminen = Clark Moor

Esa Tikkanen = Dick Woodpecker

Kimmo Timonen = Lil' Kim Tim (okay, I made up the Lil' part)

Jere Lehtinen = Jake Leaf

Sami Salo = Sam Deepforest

Toni Lydman = Tony Submissive-Man (my Swedish isn't strong, but this is kind of right, right?)

Sami Kapanen = Sam Kappa (not really, but no one knows where this surname comes from)

Janne Niinimaa = John Land-Of-Bast

Ville Leino = Bille Beino (go ahead and google it)

Mikko Koivu = Mike Birch

Mikael Granlund = Michael Sprucegrove (Swedish name)

Rasmus Ristolainen = Rasmus Member-Of-The-Christophers

Jussi Jokinen = Johnny River

Jori Lehterä = Yogi Grove

Teuvo Teräväinen = Ted Sharp

Joonas Donskoi = Jonathan Don Faker (Russian surname and google didn't reveal anything, so I made up this one)

Erik Haula = Eric I-Have-No-Idea-What-Haula-Means

Valtteri Filppula = Walter Philips

Sami Vatanen = Sam Seine

Lauri Korpikoski = Larry Backwater-Whitewater

Leo Komarov = Leo Gnat (Russian name, googling and guessing)

Olli Määttä = Oliver Clemens

Aleksander Barkov = Axel Birch (Russian name, so I guessed a little after googling)

Iiro Pakarinen = Ike Butts (Well probably more like Ike Baker)

Miikka Salomäki = Mike Hill-In-A-Deep-Forest

Tuomo Ruutu = Timothy Rectangle

Jyrki Jokipakka = George Set-Of-Rivers

Tuukka Rask = Thor Quick

Pekka Rinne = Pete Slope

Antti Raanta = Anthony Beeaach

Patrik Laine = Patrick Wave

Jesse Puljujärvi = Jesus Hill-In-A-Lake

Sebastian Aho = Sebastian Glade

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[Mr Tadakichi]

http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx?Finnish+hockey+players'+names+in+English&id=590492

Esa Tikkanen = Dick Woodpecker

Dick Woodpecker. Now THAT'S a pornstar name if I ever saw one.

Too bad none of the koivu guys are named Simon, would have made my day.

 

[Hanji]

I now wanna change my name to Sam Deepforest.

 

[Stuckinthe2ndround*]

I now wanna change my name to Sam Deepforest.

Speaking of pornstar names...

 

[DyerMaker66*]

What does the "OJ" stand for when referring to Olli?

 

[Big Ed]

What does the "OJ" stand for when referring to Olli?

Orange Juice probably

 

[DyerMaker66*]

Orange Juice probably

Orange Juice Simpson is my favourite actor.

 

[seafoam]

Pretty cool stuff.

 

[AtNightWeFly]

Thank you for this! Some of these are funny as hell.

Tony Submissive-Man? What a loser...

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

Aleksander Barkov = Axel Birch


Uhh this is what I'm going with from now on.

 

[DaveG]

A few years back we found that Tuomo Ruutu = Tom Screen on a translated article on the Canes board

 

[AtNightWeFly]

Aleksander Barkov = Axel Birch


Uhh this is what I'm going with from now on.

Axel Birch sounds like a badass poet or something. With a long, thick beard and squinty eyes. He curses in his poems because he dgaf.

 

[Syek]

http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx?Finnish+hockey+players'+names+in+English&id=590492




Teemu Selänne = Timothy Ridge

Jari Kurri = J. R. Skimmedmilk

Saku Koivu = Zack Birch

Olli Jokinen = OJ River

Teppo Numminen = Clark Moor

Esa Tikkanen = Dick Woodpecker

Kimmo Timonen = Lil' Kim Tim (okay, I made up the Lil' part)

Jere Lehtinen = Jake Leaf

Sami Salo = Sam Deepforest

Toni Lydman = Tony Submissive-Man (my Swedish isn't strong, but this is kind of right, right?)

Sami Kapanen = Sam Kappa (not really, but no one knows where this surname comes from)

Janne Niinimaa = John Land-Of-Bast

Ville Leino = Bille Beino (go ahead and google it)

Mikko Koivu = Mike Birch

Mikael Granlund = Michael Sprucegrove (Swedish name)

Rasmus Ristolainen = Rasmus Member-Of-The-Christophers

Jussi Jokinen = Johnny River

Jori Lehterä = Yogi Grove

Teuvo Teräväinen = Ted Sharp

Joonas Donskoi = Jonathan Don Faker (Russian surname and google didn't reveal anything, so I made up this one)

Erik Haula = Eric I-Have-No-Idea-What-Haula-Means

Valtteri Filppula = Walter Philips

Sami Vatanen = Sam Seine

Lauri Korpikoski = Larry Backwater-Whitewater

Leo Komarov = Leo Gnat (Russian name, googling and guessing)

Olli Määttä = Oliver Clemens

Aleksander Barkov = Axel Birch (Russian name, so I guessed a little after googling)

Iiro Pakarinen = Ike Butts (Well probably more like Ike Baker)

Miikka Salomäki = Mike Hill-In-A-Deep-Forest

Tuomo Ruutu = Timothy Rectangle

Jyrki Jokipakka = George Set-Of-Rivers

Tuukka Rask = Thor Quick

Pekka Rinne = Pete Slope

Antti Raanta = Anthony Beeaach

Patrik Laine = Patrick Wave

Jesse Puljujärvi = Jesus Hill-In-A-Lake

Sebastian Aho = Sebastian Glade

First the Oilers get McJesus and now they have a second messiah in Jesus Hill-In-A-Lake.

 

[Arthuros]

Dick Woodpecker is oddly appropriate.

 

[DyerMaker66*]

Thank you for this! Some of these are funny as hell.

Tony Submissive-Man? What a loser...

I'm Dyer_Maker Barrelman, if that helps.

 

[DyerMaker66*]

http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx?Finnish+hockey+players'+names+in+English&id=590492
Sami Kapanen = Sam Kappa (not really, but no one knows where this surname comes from)

????
http://www.namekun.com/name-meaning-of/kapanen

Full of passion and intuitive...

 

[Lempo]

I've come to understand that 'salo' has meant "island" in the olden days, but it's got tangled because they have been the sort of foresty islands that have merged into the mainland due to water draining away from between because of the post-glacial rebound effect.

 

[Elvs]

In Swedish "Lyda" = "Obey"

So he's Toni Obeyman.

 

[TedLundy]

J.R Skimmedmilk. I enjoy that name more than i should.

 

[Minnesota]

Lots of water/nature last names. Makes sense, I guess.

 

[Lempo]

J.R Skimmedmilk. I enjoy that name more than i should.

Him, Mr. Woodpecker and Väinö Kreikkalainen all going by their other variants sure saved some embroiding costs for the Oilers back in the day.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Granlund = Firgrove?

Koskenkorva = Vodka

 

[johan f]

There was a good player back in the 80s named Reijo Ruotsalainen, which means Reijo The swede.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

There was a good player back in the 80s named Reijo Ruotsalainen, which means Reijo The swede.

Yea it's weird, there's also the surname 'Venäläinen' meaning 'The Russian'

 

[Anton13]

Yea it's weird, there's also the surname 'Venäläinen' meaning 'The Russian'

There's also:

Suomalainen = Finnish
Virolainen = Estonian
Suomi = Finland
Saksa = Germany
Ruotsi = Sweden

Growing up, I knew a guy who's surname was Saksa (=Germany). His nickname was Itä-Saksa (East-Germany).