Varma

From varma (“sure, certain, confident”) at the end of the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrmɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝rmɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Var‧ma

Varma (rare)

1. a female given name
2. a male given name
   • 2015, Raija Oranen, Hirmuinen mies, Teos, →ISBN, page 34:

     — Mitä sinä naurat? Anna valpastui, työnsi puurolautasen sivuun ja alkoi siistiä pojan leukaa ja poskia.
     — Sitä vain, kun panivat sille yhdelle samaan aikaan syntyneelle nimeksi Kai. Paasikivi mylvähti uuden naurunpuuskan. — Minä sanoin, että minun poikani ei ole kai Paasikivi, vaan Varma Paasikivi.

     — What are you laughing at? Anna grew vigilant, pushed the plate of porridge aside and began to clean the boy's jaw and cheeks.
     — I just meant that they named one of the ones born around the same time Kai. Paasikivi bellowed into another laugh. — I told you that my son isn't kai (“probably”) Paasikivi, but Varma Paasikivi.

3. a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname

• The given name was officially defined as female in 1947.

• The given name Varma belongs to 28 male individuals (and as a middle name to 25 more), and also belongs to 19 female individuals (and as a middle name to 20 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Varma belongs to 37 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.