title: Oinas
text: # Oinas
  
  Oinas is an Estonian and Finnish surname meaning "ram" or "wether" (Ovis aries).
  
  Notable people bearing the surname Oinas include:
  
  * Aleksander Oinas (1887–1942), Estonian politician
  * Alma Ostra-Oinas (1886–1960), Estonian journalist, writer and politician
  * Asko Oinas (1929–2020), Finnish government official and Governor of Lapland
  * August Oinas (1898–1965), Estonian historian
  * Felix Oinas (1911–2004), Estonian folklorist, linguist, scholar and translator
  * Toivo Oinas (born 1954), Finnish singer
  * Valdar Oinas (born 1942), Estonian astrophysicist
  