Seppo
# Seppo

Seppo is a masculine given name of Finnish origin. It has two distinct origins; Seppo is a character in the Kalevala, whose name is derived from the Finnish word seppä, meaning smith, and the name is also a diminutive for Sebastian in Finland.

It may refer to:

## People

* Seppo Evwaraye (born 1982), Finnish National Football League offensive guard
* Seppo Kääriäinen (born 1948), Finnish politician
* Seppo Kolehmainen (1933–2009), Finnish film actor
* Seppo Lehto (born 1962), Finnish political activist
* Seppo Pääkkönen (born 1957), Finnish actor
* Seppo Ruohonen (1946-2020), Finnish opera singer
* Seppo Räty (born 1962), Finnish javelin thrower
* Seppo Sairanen (born 1952), Finnish football manager and former goalkeeper
* Seppo Seluska, Swedish neo-Nazi and subject of the historical photo A Woman Hitting a Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag
* Seppo Simola (1936–2003), Finnish shotputter
* Seppo Telenius (born 1954), Finnish writer
* Seppo Harjanne (born 1948), Finnish WRC co-driver
* Seppō Gison, the Japanese surname of Chinese Zen Master Xuefeng Yicun (822-908)

## Fictional or mythological characters

* Seppo Ilmarinen, the smith in the Kalevala of Finnish mythology
* Seppo Taalasmaa, in the Finnish soap opera Salatut elämät

## Other

* An Australian English variation on "septic" (from "septic tank", rhyming with "yank"), a slang term for "American" in rhyming slang
