Varma
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 Varmainrare | ||
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.