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Appeared on the SSA Top 1000 list from 1908 to 1918.

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Means "hope" in Finnish.

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Toivo Aro (1887 - 1962), Finnish diver
Toivo Harjunpää (1910 - 1995), Finnish-American priest
Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925 - 1978), Finnish Olympian
Toivo Kivimäki (1886 – 1968), Prime Minister of Finland from 1932 to 1936.
Toivo Kuula (1883 - 1918), Finnish conductor
Toivo Loukola (1902 – 1984), Finnish athlete
Toivo Mäkelä (1909 - 1979), Finnish actor
Toivo Oikarinen (b. 1924), Finnish cross country skier
Toivo Ovaska (1899 - 1966), Finnish speedskater
Toivo Pawlo (1917 – 1979), Swedish actor
Toivo Salonen (b. 1933), Finnish speedskater
Toivo Särkkä (1890 - 1975), Finnish filmmaker
Toivo Suursoo (b. 1975), Estonian ice hockey player
Toivo Tikkanen (1888 – 1947), Finnish Olympian

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