Baby name
Antero
/AHN · teh · ro/
Meaning
“Manly, brave”
Finnish form of Andreas, from Greek andreios meaning manly or brave. Antero Vipunen is a giant who guards ancient spells in the Finnish epic Kalevala.
Nicknames
antti · anti · ante
How it ages.
Antero dominated Finnish naming from 1950s-1990s as a masculine standard before modernization reduced its prevalence.
The cultural moment.
Finland's Antero declined from 1980s onward as younger cohorts shifted toward shorter, more international names.