Varma
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From varma (“sure, certain, confident”) at the end of the 19th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Varma (rare)
- a female given name
- 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.
- — What are you laughing at? Anna grew vigilant, pushed the plate of porridge aside and began to clean the boy's jaw and cheeks.
- a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname
Usage notes
[edit]- The given name was officially defined as female in 1947.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Varma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Statistics
[edit]- 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.
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrmɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrmɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish rare terms
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish surnames from nicknames
- Finnish kala-type nominals