Ilmatar

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Variant form of Ilma ^[1]

Related Names

See Ilma

Name Day

Finland

26 August

Further Information

Mythology

In Kalevala, the Finnish national epic, Ilmatar is a virgin spirit of the air. She was also occasionally called Luonnotar. ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[4]		0	2	0	0
Norway[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	173	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Ilmatar.

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
2. ↑ Elias Lönnrot: Kalevala (1835)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi