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Varma

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See also: varma and värma

Finnish

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Etymology

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From varma (sure, certain, confident) at the end of the 19th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrmɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝rmɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrmɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Var‧ma

Proper noun

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Varma (rare)

  1. a female given name
  2. a male given name
    • 2015, Raija Oranen, Hirmuinen mies, Teos, →ISBN, page 34:
      — Mitä sinä naurat? Anna valpastui, työnsi puurolautasen sivuun ja alkoi siistiä pojan leukaa ja poskia.
      — Sitä vain, kun panivat sille yhdelle samaan aikaan syntyneelle nimeksi Kai. Paasikivi mylvähti uuden naurunpuuskan. — Minä sanoin, että minun poikani ei ole kai Paasikivi, vaan Varma Paasikivi.
      — What are you laughing at? Anna grew vigilant, pushed the plate of porridge aside and began to clean the boy's jaw and cheeks.
      — I just meant that they named one of the ones born around the same time Kai. Paasikivi bellowed into another laugh. — I told you that my son isn't kai (probably) Paasikivi, but Varma Paasikivi.
  3. a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname

Usage notes

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  • The given name was officially defined as female in 1947.

Declension

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Inflection of Varma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Varma Varmat
genitive Varman Varmojen
partitive Varmaa Varmoja
illative Varmaan Varmoihin
singular plural
nominative Varma Varmat
accusative nom. Varma Varmat
gen. Varman
genitive Varman Varmojen
Varmain rare
partitive Varmaa Varmoja
inessive Varmassa Varmoissa
elative Varmasta Varmoista
illative Varmaan Varmoihin
adessive Varmalla Varmoilla
ablative Varmalta Varmoilta
allative Varmalle Varmoille
essive Varmana Varmoina
translative Varmaksi Varmoiksi
abessive Varmatta Varmoitta
instructive Varmoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Varma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Varmani Varmani
accusative nom. Varmani Varmani
gen. Varmani
genitive Varmani Varmojeni
Varmaini rare
partitive Varmaani Varmojani
inessive Varmassani Varmoissani
elative Varmastani Varmoistani
illative Varmaani Varmoihini
adessive Varmallani Varmoillani
ablative Varmaltani Varmoiltani
allative Varmalleni Varmoilleni
essive Varmanani Varmoinani
translative Varmakseni Varmoikseni
abessive Varmattani Varmoittani
instructive
comitative Varmoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Varmasi Varmasi
accusative nom. Varmasi Varmasi
gen. Varmasi
genitive Varmasi Varmojesi
Varmaisi rare
partitive Varmaasi Varmojasi
inessive Varmassasi Varmoissasi
elative Varmastasi Varmoistasi
illative Varmaasi Varmoihisi
adessive Varmallasi Varmoillasi
ablative Varmaltasi Varmoiltasi
allative Varmallesi Varmoillesi
essive Varmanasi Varmoinasi
translative Varmaksesi Varmoiksesi
abessive Varmattasi Varmoittasi
instructive
comitative Varmoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Varmamme Varmamme
accusative nom. Varmamme Varmamme
gen. Varmamme
genitive Varmamme Varmojemme
Varmaimme rare
partitive Varmaamme Varmojamme
inessive Varmassamme Varmoissamme
elative Varmastamme Varmoistamme
illative Varmaamme Varmoihimme
adessive Varmallamme Varmoillamme
ablative Varmaltamme Varmoiltamme
allative Varmallemme Varmoillemme
essive Varmanamme Varmoinamme
translative Varmaksemme Varmoiksemme
abessive Varmattamme Varmoittamme
instructive
comitative Varmoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Varmanne Varmanne
accusative nom. Varmanne Varmanne
gen. Varmanne
genitive Varmanne Varmojenne
Varmainne rare
partitive Varmaanne Varmojanne
inessive Varmassanne Varmoissanne
elative Varmastanne Varmoistanne
illative Varmaanne Varmoihinne
adessive Varmallanne Varmoillanne
ablative Varmaltanne Varmoiltanne
allative Varmallenne Varmoillenne
essive Varmananne Varmoinanne
translative Varmaksenne Varmoiksenne
abessive Varmattanne Varmoittanne
instructive
comitative Varmoinenne

Statistics

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  • The given name Varma belongs to 28 male individuals (and as a middle name to 25 more), and also belongs to 19 female individuals (and as a middle name to 20 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • The surname Varma belongs to 37 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.