Ilpo
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Invented by Juhani Aho for a character in his novel Panu (1897), from the female name Ilpotar occurring in folk poetry.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Ilpo
- a male given name
- 1897, Juhani Aho, Panu, WSOY, published 1947, page 19:
- —Aina ne muutkin mujuja keittäisi, mutta ei ole sanoin suolaajata, puuttui puheeseen Ilpo, vanha, harmaapartainen, tihrusilmäinen äijä.
- —The others would always be brewing their concoctions, yet nobody to salt with their words, interrupted Ilpo, the old, gray-bearded, beady-eyed man.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Ilpo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Ilpo | Ilpot | ||
genitive | Ilpon | Ilpojen | ||
partitive | Ilpoa | Ilpoja | ||
illative | Ilpoon | Ilpoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Ilpo | Ilpot | ||
accusative | nom. | Ilpo | Ilpot | |
gen. | Ilpon | |||
genitive | Ilpon | Ilpojen | ||
partitive | Ilpoa | Ilpoja | ||
inessive | Ilpossa | Ilpoissa | ||
elative | Ilposta | Ilpoista | ||
illative | Ilpoon | Ilpoihin | ||
adessive | Ilpolla | Ilpoilla | ||
ablative | Ilpolta | Ilpoilta | ||
allative | Ilpolle | Ilpoille | ||
essive | Ilpona | Ilpoina | ||
translative | Ilpoksi | Ilpoiksi | ||
abessive | Ilpotta | Ilpoitta | ||
instructive | — | Ilpoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- Ilpo is the 174th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,615 male individuals (and as a middle name to 815 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.