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Finnish
Etymology
Karelian form of Jeremias and of the Russian saint's name Ермола́й (Jermoláj), from Ancient Greek Ἑρμόλαος (Hermólaos, “god Hermes + people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjormɑ/,
- Rhymes: -ormɑ
- Syllabification(key): Jor‧ma
- Hyphenation(key): Jor‧ma
Proper noun
Jorma
- a male given name
1897, Juhani Aho, Panu, WSOY, published 1947, pages 126–127:Jorma hoiti näitä toimiaan niinkuin taisi, mutta kun hän oli enemmän soittaja ja laulaja kuin tietäjä, joutui Panulan tietäjän vanha maine yhä heikompaan huutoon sitä mukaa kuin Reidan maine kasvoi.- Jorma did has errands as he knew how to, but as he was more of a musician and a singer than a wise man, Panula's wise man's old reputation got weaker and weaker as Reita's improved.
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Statistics
- Jorma is the 26th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 18,887 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,511 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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