Ilmatar

Meaning

"maiden of the air", the primordial creator-goddess of the Kalevala and mother of Vainamoinen

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ilmatar has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Ilmatar

Aurora Artemis Tellervo Vellamo Marjatta Kyllikki

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