laiho

Laiho is a Finnish surname. It is of Finnish origin and is found primarily in Finland and among Finnish communities abroad. The name is best known internationally through Alexi Laiho, a Finnish guitarist and vocalist who was the founder and frontman of the metal band Children of Bodom. Laiho’s playing style and songwriting helped popularize melodic death metal in the 1990s and 2000s, and he contributed to other musical projects within the metal genre. He died in 2020, and his career left a lasting impact on Finnish heavy metal and the broader metal scene. The surname Laiho is a recognized Finnish family name and appears in discussions of Finnish onomastics and contemporary culture.