Given name & surname
Ilmi
“determined protector”
In Finnish use, Ilmi has a related form in Ilma. In German use, Ilma carries the interpretation “determined protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Finnish use, Ilmi has a related form in Ilma. In German use, Ilma carries the interpretation “determined protector.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ilmi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 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 1919. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ilmi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Ilmi has a related form in Ilma.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ilmi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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