Vellamo

From the verb velloa (“surging”) (like the waves).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋelːɑmo/,
• Rhymes: -elːɑmo
• Hyphenation^(key): Vel‧la‧mo

Vellamo

1. A goddess of waters, the wife of Ahto in the Kalevala.
   • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 48:123-124:

     Vellamo, ve’en emäntä, / Ve’en eukko ruokorinta!

     Vellamo, mistress of the deep, / Rushy-breasted water woman!

2. a female given name
3. a Finnish surname

• Vellamo is the 1256^th (tied with 7 other names) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 101 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,040 more, making it much more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 6 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Vellamo belongs to 95 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.