Medieval Finnic Origin Names

Aiga f Latvian
Feminine form of Aigars.

Aigar m Estonian
Possibly from the Finnic root aika meaning "time" (Estonian aeg).

Aigars m Latvian
Probably from a Livonian name that was a cognate of Aigar.

Arvo m Finnish, Estonian
Means "value, worth" in Finnish and Estonian.

Hilja f Finnish, Estonian
Means "silent, quiet" in Finnish and Estonian (a rare poetic word).

Hilla f Finnish
Short form of names beginning with Hil. It also means "cloudberry" in Finnish.

Ilma 1 f Finnish (Rare)
Means "air" in Finnish.

Ilmar m Estonian
Estonian form of Ilmarinen.

Ilmari m Finnish
Short form of Ilmarinen.

Ilmarinen m Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish ilma meaning "air". Ilmarinen is an immortal smith in Finnish mythology, the creator of the sky and the magic mill known as the Sampo. He is one of the main characters in the Finnish epic the Kalevala.

Ilmārs m Latvian
Latvian form of Ilmarinen.

Ilmatar f Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish ilma "air" combined with a feminine suffix. In Finnish mythology Ilmatar was a semi-androgynous goddess of the heavens. She was the mother of Ilmarinen, Väinämöinen and Lemminkäinen.

Ilme f Estonian
Estonian form of Ilma 1.

Ilmi f Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Ilma 1.

Imants m Latvian
Possibly from Livonian (a Finnic language that was spoken in Latvia) im "miracle" and and "to give".

Imbi f Estonian
Estonian cognate of Impi.

Impi f Finnish
Means "maiden, virgin" in Finnish.

Laine f Estonian
Means "wave" in Estonian.

Meeli f Estonian
Feminine form of Meelis.

Meelis m Estonian
From Estonian meel meaning "mind, mood".

Meri 1 f Finnish
Means "sea" in Finnish.

Merike f Estonian
From Estonian meri "sea" with a diminutive suffix.

Mielikki f Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish mieli meaning "mind, mood". This was the name of a Finnish goddess of forests and hunting. By some accounts she is the wife of the god Tapio.

Pilvi f Finnish, Estonian
Means "cloud" in Finnish and Estonian.

Tähti f Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Means "star" in Finnish and Estonian.

Taimi f Finnish, Estonian
From Finnish taimi meaning "sapling, young tree" or Estonian taim meaning "plant" (words from a common origin).

Taimo m Estonian
From Estonian taim meaning "plant".

Talvi f Estonian
Derived from Estonian talv meaning "winter".

Talvikki f Finnish (Rare)
Derived from Finnish talvi meaning "winter". This is also the Finnish word for the wintergreen plant (genus Pyrola).

Tarmo m Estonian, Finnish
Means "vigour, energy, drive" in Estonian and Finnish.

Toivo m Finnish, Estonian
Means "hope" in Finnish.

Tuula f Finnish
Variant of Tuuli.

Tuule f Estonian (Rare)
Estonian variant of Tuuli.

Tuuli f Finnish, Estonian
Means "wind" in Finnish and Estonian.

Tuulikki f Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Means "little wind" in Finnish, derived from tuuli "wind". This was the name of a Finnish forest goddess, the daughter of Tapio.

Veikko m Finnish
From a colloquial form of the Finnish word veli meaning "brother".

Veiko m Estonian
Estonian form of Veikko.

Veli m Finnish
Means "brother" in Finnish.

Vello m Estonian
From a diminutive form of the Estonian word veli meaning "brother".

Vilja f Finnish, Estonian
Possibly from the Finnish word vilja meaning "cereal, grain" or the Swedish word vilja meaning "will, intent".

Viljar 1 m Estonian
Estonian masculine form of Vilja.

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