Ilpo
Appearance
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.