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Meaning & History
Means "Finnish woman", derived from the word Suomi (Finland in Finnish) and combined with a feminine suffix -tar. As a name, Suometar came into use under the influence of the Estonian folk poem "Salme", which Elias Lönnrot translated into Finnish as "Suomettaren kosijat" (Suometar's suitors) in the 1830's. In 1847, the name Suometar was also used as the name of a Finnish-language newspaper founded at that time, which was the predecessor of the later "Uusi Suomi" (New Finland).Suometar has remained a really rare first name: from the beginning of the 20th century to the end of 2019, 179 people in Finland have been given the name Suometar, according to the Finnish Digital and Population Data Services Agency. As a first name, it hasn't been given to anyone, at least between 1965 and 2016.