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Taisto is a Finnish word which is used as a masculine given name. In Finland, the name has a political sense and means "battle".[1]
Notable people with the name include:
- Taisto Halonen (born 1960), Finnish wrestler
- Taisto Kangasniemi (1924–1997), Finnish wrestler
- Taisto Laitinen (1933–2022), Finnish athlete
- Taisto Lempinen (1914–1970), Finnish wrestler
- Taisto Mäki (1910–1979), Finnish athlete
- Taisto Miettinen (born 1965), Finnish athlete
- Taisto Reimaluoto (born 1961), Finnish actor
- Taisto Sinisalo (1926–2002), Finnish communist politician
- Taisto Tähkämaa (born 1924), Finnish politician
See also
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edit- ^ Terhi Ainiala; Minna Saarelma; Paula Sjöblom (2012). Names in Focus: An Introduction to Finnish Onomastics. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society. p. 180. ISBN 978-952-222-748-5.