Suoma

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Finnish Suomi = 'Finland' [1]

There are two main theories concerning the meaning of the country's name:

1) Finnish suomu = 'fish scale'. The name is said to refer to the garments of fish-skin worn in erly times by the Fins. [2]

2) Finnish suomaa = 'marsh land', referring to Finland's many lakes. [2]

Related Names

     
Suokki ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Suokku ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Suoma ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Suometar ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

Name Days

Finland Finland

8 April

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 57 97 0 0
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 5265 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 Suoma.

Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  2. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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