a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Terence
köken: Borrowed from Latin Terentius. Itself borrowed from latin goddess Terensis, a goddess who presided over the threshing of wheat. Ultimately from Latin terō linked to the technic to separate cobs and seeds of wheat. Cognate with ancient greek τέρην, to make soft.
a male given name · a Finnish surname transferred from the given name
köken: Eastern Finnish form of the Russian saint's name Терентий (Terentij), cognate to English Terence. Secondarily also a short form of Antero, especially in Western Finland. As a surname in Western Finland, probably instead from terä through place names (except in Teronen, where it likely reflects a short form of Antero).
aile: Teronen
Ken Teron tietää? — Mie Teron tieän: Tero pikku pirttisessä, matalaisessa majassa,