Reima
Appearance
See also: reima
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From reima (“brisk”). Proposed as a given name already in the late 19th century.[1] The surname was adopted during the Fennicization of surnames, although some older records also exist.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈrei̯mɑ/, [ˈre̞i̯mɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -eimɑ
- Syllabification(key): Rei‧ma
- Hyphenation(key): Rei‧ma
Proper noun
[edit]Reima
- a male given name
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Reima (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Reima | Reimat | |
| genitive | Reiman | Reimojen | |
| partitive | Reimaa | Reimoja | |
| illative | Reimaan | Reimoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Reima | Reimat | |
| accusative | nom. | Reima | Reimat |
| gen. | Reiman | ||
| genitive | Reiman | Reimojen Reimain rare | |
| partitive | Reimaa | Reimoja | |
| inessive | Reimassa | Reimoissa | |
| elative | Reimasta | Reimoista | |
| illative | Reimaan | Reimoihin | |
| adessive | Reimalla | Reimoilla | |
| ablative | Reimalta | Reimoilta | |
| allative | Reimalle | Reimoille | |
| essive | Reimana | Reimoina | |
| translative | Reimaksi | Reimoiksi | |
| abessive | Reimatta | Reimoitta | |
| instructive | — | Reimoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Reima is the 279th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,656 male individuals (and as a middle name to 338 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Reima belongs to 117 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.