Risto

Risto is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from Hristofor or Hristivoje.^[1] It may refer to:

Finland

• Risto Ahti (born 1943), writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1994
• Risto Alapuro (born 1944), sociologist
• Risto Isomäki (born 1961), environmental activist and author of science fiction and nonfiction books
• Risto Jalo (born 1962), retired professional ice hockey player
• Risto Jarva (1934–1977), filmmaker
• Risto Jussilainen (born 1975), ski jumper
• Risto Kaskilahti (born 1963), actor
• Risto Laakkonen (born 1967), ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1993
• Risto Mannisenmäki (born 1959), former rally co-driver, twice world champion with driver Tommi Mäkinen
• Risto Mattila (born 1981), snowboarder
• Risto Näätänen (born 1939), psychologist and neuroscientist, Professor in University of Helsinki 1975–1999
• Risto Nuuros, orienteering competitor, silver medalist at the 1978 World Orienteering Championships in Kongsberg
• Risto Orko (1899–2001), film producer and director
• Risto Penttilä (born 1959), former member of the Finnish parliament, Director of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum
• Risto Puustinen (born 1959), football manager and a former footballer
• Risto Rasa (born 1954), poet
• Risto Ryti (1889–1956), fifth President of Finland from 1940 to 1944
• Risto Siilasmaa (born 1966), the Chairman, founder and former CEO of F-Secure Corporation (anti-virus and computer security software)
• Risto Siltanen (born 1958), retired professional ice hockey defenceman
• Risto Ulmala (born 1963), former long-distance runner

R. Macedonia

• Risto Kirjazovski (1927–2002), historian, scientist and publisher
• Risto Krle (1900–1975), playwright
• Risto Bimbiloski (born 1975), fashion designer
• Risto Milosavov (born 1965), footballer
• Risto Božinov, footballer

Montenegro

• Risto Lakić (born 1983), football defender
• Risto Stijović (1894–1974), sculptor

Serbia

• Risto Vidaković, Serbian retired footballer
• Risto Ristović, Serbian footballer
• Risto Stijović, sculptor

People from Estonia

• Risto Kallaste (born 1971), former professional footballer
• Risto Mätas (born 1984), javelin thrower

Other nationalities

• Risto Mejide (born 1975), Spanish publicist, author, music producer and songwriter, judge on the television show Operación Triunfo
• Risto Savin, Slovenian composer

Fictional characters

• Risto Reipas, Finnish translation for Christopher Robin
• Risto Räppääjä, a Finnish children's fantasy books character

Other uses

• Risto (film), 2011 Finnish film
• Risto, a Finnish pop rock band (Refer to fi:Risto (yhtye))

References

1. Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (1955). Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika. U kńižarnici L. Hartmana. RISTO, Risto, Rista ili Riste, m. ime muško, hyp. od Hristofor ili Hristivoje. U Vukovu rječniku s naznač. akc. (vide Hristo). (XV-XVIII v.)