Ilpo

Invented by Juhani Aho for a character in his novel Panu (1897), from the female name Ilpotar occurring in folk poetry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈilpo/, [ˈilpo̞]
• Rhymes: -ilpo
• Hyphenation^(key): Il‧po

Ilpo

1. a male given name
   • 1897, Juhani Aho, Panu, WSOY, published 1947, page 19:

     —Aina ne muutkin mujuja keittäisi, mutta ei ole sanoin suolaajata, puuttui puheeseen Ilpo, vanha, harmaapartainen, tihrusilmäinen äijä.

     —The others would always be brewing their concoctions, yet nobody to salt with their words, interrupted Ilpo, the old, gray-bearded, beady-eyed man.

• Ilppo

• Ilpo is the 174^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,615 male individuals (and as a middle name to 815 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Ilpo in Finnish Wikipedia.

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