Osmo

Taken from the Kalevala, a term for a young man, probably ultimately from osma (“wolverine”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈosmo/,
• Rhymes: -osmo
• Hyphenation^(key): Os‧mo

Osmo

1. a male given name
   • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 2:252-256:

     Eipä nouse Osmon ohra, / Ei kasva Kalevan kaura / Ilman maan alistamatta, / Ilman kasken kaatamatta, / Tuon tulella polttamatta.

     Osmo's barley willl not sprout / Nor the oats of Kaleva grow / Without clearing off the land, / Without cutting out a clearing, / Burning it all off with fire.

• Osmo is the 131^st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,859 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,492 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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Osmo

Wikipedia ^gl

Documented as Osamo in 1158. A Celtic place name, from Proto-Celtic *uxsamo- (“the uppermost”), from Proto-Celtic *owxs- (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps-, "high") + Proto-Celtic *-samo-, a superlative suffix.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔsmo̝/

Osmo m

1. A parish of Cenlle, Ourense, Galicia

• Osma