Armas

19th century creation from armas (“beloved”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrmɑs/, [ˈɑ̝rmɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrmɑs
• Syllabification^(key): Ar‧mas
• Hyphenation^(key): Ar‧mas

Armas

1. a male given name
   • 1975, Alpo Ruuth, Naisten vuonna, Tammi, →ISBN, page 85:

     Voi suokaa nyt anteeks, mutta minä aloin olla jo niin väsynyt, teen nääs ilmoituksen lauantai-iltana saunan jälkeen, niin, tämä se on, Armas Miikael. Sitä kirjoittaa miten sanotaan, kun kaikki sanoivat lapsena Miikael, ei kukaan Mikael. Kai minä sitten ajattelin. Kun minua lapsena kututtiin Miikaeliks ja Mikoks muttei koskaan Armakseks, ei, ennen kuin menin naimisiin ja vaimo sanoi Armas.

     Oh forgive me, but I'm starting to be so tired, so I'll file it in Saturday night after the sauna, yes, it will be this: Armas Miikael. We spell it as you say it. Everyone calls a child Miikael, not Mikael. So I thought. When I was called Miikael and Mikko as a child but never Armas, no, never before I got married and my wife called me Armas.

   • 1976, Anneli Toijala, Lentäkää linnut, Tammi, →ISBN, page 97:

     —Siittä se Rauha sai sitte nimenki, sanoi Tekla.
     —Onkin sopiva nimi, sanoi Jalo.
     —Samanlainen kuin omasikin.
     —Jalo on niin komee nimi miähelle, Tekla sanoi, —Jalo Armas, heti sen näki, että se sopii.
     —Jos ei mies nimeä...Rauha mutisi.

     —That's how Rauha got her name, Tekla said.
     —A fitting one too, Jalo said.
     —Just like your own.
     —Jalo is such a nice male name, Tekla said, —Jalo Armas, right away you knew that it suited you.
     —Unless you...Rauha muttered.

• Armas is the 366^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 880 male individuals (and as a middle name to 15,753 more, making it much more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 8 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Armi