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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Finnish (Rare, Archaic)
Other Forms FormsLembit (Estonian cognate (m))
Meaning & History
Means "beloved" in Finnish (i.e., the past passive participle of lempiä; compare Lempi). It has occasionally been used as a feminine given name (and sometimes a masculine name; it is rare for either sex, and mostly a middle name).