45 nomenclature experts participated in the selection of the winner of the Name of the Year competition.
The name of 2023 has been chosen as Käärijä – an artist who rose to phenomenal popularity with May’s Eurovision.
The name of the year was chosen during the Nomenclature Research Days on November 10, in which 45 experts in nomenclature research, maintenance and planning participated.
The language experts justify their decision in the announcement of the University of Helging. Experts say that they were particularly pleased with Käärijä’s success that both the artist’s name and the representative song are in Finnish.
– In modern Finland, it is often thought that internationality in different areas of life requires the use of the English language or at least the avoidance of “slang”. The wrapper has said that the artist name was born spontaneously while he was “wrapping” winnings from the slot machine, the release reads.
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The wrapper was voted the name of the year. ATTE KAJOVA
In the voting, Nysväri took second place, which is the name of a cleaning brush intended for cleaning narrow crevices and crevices. Two names reached the bronze place: Espoo City Theater and Ransunraitti. The other names that reached the final were Hukkasiini, Mosaiikki and Uvja.
Käärijä has received a lot of accolades recently. Last week, Käärijä won the best Nordic artist award at the international MTV Europe Music Awards. Before that, the city of Vantaa honored its local artist with a mural and a free rental apartment for a year.
What is the Name of the Year award?
The name of the year is a recognition award given to a good name presented during the past year. The recipient of the award can represent any proper name category, such as place, person, company or product names. The purpose of the award is to highlight successful name choices and draw attention to the importance of naming in society.