Ilmari

Ilmari is a Finnish (first name or) given name, for males. It is a short form of Ilmarinen, a mythological smith in the Kalevala.

Ilmari
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	from Ilmarinen in Kalevala
Meaning	ilma = air
Place of origin	Finnish

People

• Ilmari Aalto (d. 1934), Finnish painter
• Ilmari Auer (d. 1965), Finnish politician
• Ilmari Juutilainen (d. 1999), Finnish fighter pilot
• Ilmari Hannikainen (d. 1955), Finnish composer
• Ilmari Kianto (d. 1970), Finnish poet
• Ilmari Keinänen (d. 1934), Finnish gymnast and Olympic medalist
• Ilmari Niemeläinen (d. 1951), Finnish diver, architect and Olympic competitor
• Ilmari (Keisuke Ogihara, born 1976), member of the Japanese hip hop group Rip Slyme
• Ilmari Oksanen (d. 1977), Finnish footballer
• Ilmari Pakarinen (d. 1987), Finnish gymnast and Olympic medalist
• Ilmari Pernaja (d. 1963), Finnish gymnast and Olympic medalist
• Ilmari Pitkänen (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player
• Ilmari Rahm (d. 1939), Finnish chess player
• Ilmari Saarelainen (born 1944) Finnish actor
• Ilmari Salminen (d. 1986), Finnish track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
• Ilmari Salomies (d. 1973), Finnish former archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
• Ilmari Solin (d. 1976), Finnish chess player
• Ilmari Susiluoto (d. 2016), Finnish political scientist, professor and political advisor
• Ilmari Taipale (d. 2008), Finnish long-distance runner and Olympic competitor
• Ilmari Tapiovaara (d. 1999), Finnish designer
• Ilmari Turja (d. 1998), Finnish journalist and playwright
• Ilmari Unho (d. 1961), Finnish actor, film director and screenwriter
• Ilmari Vartia (d. 1951), Finnish fencer and Olympic competitor
• Ilmari Vesamaa (1d. 1973), track and field athlete and Olympic competitor
• Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (d. 1973), Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize recipient

Cognates

• Ilmar, a similar, Estonian masculine given name
• Ilmārs, a similar, Latvian masculine given name

References

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