Gender: Masculine
Origin: Finnish
Meaning: “acre; field.”
(PELL-air-vo)
The name is derived from the Finnish, pelto, meaning, “acre; field.”
In the Kalevala, it appears as the by-name for Sampsa Pellervoinen who was a field hand.
The designated name-day is April 2.
Sources
- http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Pellervo
- Lempiäinen, Pentti: Suuri etunimikirja. WSOY. (1997).