Ilmar

Boy · Finnic

Ilmar

Say it: IL-mahr

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Meaning

From the Finnic smith-hero Ilmarinen, based on ilm 'air, weather'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

A 20th-century name drawn from Finnic mythology.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Estonian Finnish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Ilmari

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