Matching Names
Found 1 matching names:I
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| ▸ | Imiina | N | Imîna | |||
| Probably from 'imiit' (scoop, bailer, mug or chalice) ending with the names suffix -na. Several names dealing with water exists in Greenlandic: Imeraarsuaq (nice big water) & Imeraarsuk (nice little water) as well as Imeraarsunnguaq (sweet nice little water). Of newer names (approved after 1986): Iminnguaq (sweet little water) and Imi (presumable short form of imeq - imeq). Furthermore there are several names in Greenlandic which derives from the daily household and the tools used therein: Qajuuttaq (ladle - spoon), Igaq (cooking utensil), Kaataq (hammer) etc. Number of name bearers: Imiina 11. Imîna 20. As surname: 17. | ||||||