Given name & surname
Armi
“beloved”
Armi is a feminine given name, possibly from Italian. It is used in Finnish.
Original ItalianArmida
Meaning & origin
What it means
Armi possibly goes back to a word meaning “beloved.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Armi developed from Armida.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2023. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Armi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 306 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Armi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Armi developed from the Italian form Armida. In Greek usage, Armi as a surname is a transliteration of Αρμή.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Armi
- Armi KuuselaFinnish charity worker and beauty pageant contestantborn 1934
- Armi AavikkoFinnish beauty queen and singer (1958–2002)
- Elina PohjanpääFinnish actress (1933-1996)
- Armi RatiaFinnish designer and businessperson (19000-201q101912–1979
- Armi PärtEstonian handballer (born 1991)
- Armi MillareFilipino musicianborn 1984
- Armi Hallstén-KalliaFinnish leader of women´s organizations1897–1956
- Armi ToivanenFinnish actressborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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