Given name & surname

Vellamo

“to surge, swell (like the waves)”

Vellamo is a feminine given name. It is used in Finnish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Vellamo goes back to a word meaning “to surge, swell (like the waves).”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Finnish.

The story

In mythological stories, Vellamo is associated with the goddess of the sea.

Vellamo’s family of names

Vellamo has a related form in Velamo. Vellamo has a related form in Vellammo.

Walk Vellamo’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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