Suoma

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Usage

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 early times by the Fins. ^[2]

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

Suoma	♀
Suometar	♀

Finland Finland

8 April

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Finland^[3]	n.a.	5322	n.a.	5322	0	0
Sweden^[4]	31	64	31	64	0	0
Denmark^[5]	0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway^[6]	0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Greenland^[7]	0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
^#: 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.

↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/