Järvi
Family name
title: "Järvi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["finnish-surnames-of-laine-type"] description: "Family name" topic_path: "general/finnish-surnames-of-laine-type" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Järvi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Family name ::
Järvi is a Finnish and Estonian surname of Laine type meaning "lake". Notable people with the surname include:
- Harri Järvi (1939-2019), Finnish footballer
- Iiro Järvi (born 1965), Finnish ice hockey player
- Ilkka Järvi-Laturi (1961-2023), Finnish film director
- Jyrki Järvi (born 1966), Finnish sailor, Olympic champion
- Kristjan Järvi (born 1972), Estonian-American conductor
- Neeme Järvi (born 1937), Estonian-born U.S. conductor
- Okko Järvi (born 1996), Finnish basketball player
- Paavo Järvi (born 1962), Estonian-American conductor
- Raivo Järvi (1954-2012), aka Onu Raivo, Estonian artist, radio personality, politician
- Teet Järvi (1958–2025), Estonian cellist
- Toimi Jarvi (1920-1977), American football player
- Tyyne Järvi (1891-1929), Finnish swimmer
- Sami Järvi (Sam Lake) (born 1970), a Finnish writer, Max Payne video game series
- Michael Jarvi, independent pro wrestler
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