Category Archives: Spring Names

Kukka

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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Finnish
Meaning: “flower.”
(KOOK-kah)

The name comes directly from the Finnish word for flower. It is sometimes used as a vernacular form of the Latin, Flora.

The designated name-day is May 13.

A common compound name is Kukkamaria.

Note: Kukka is also used as a slang term for cannabis in Finnish.

Sources

  1. http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kukka
  2. http://www.behindthename.com/name/kukka
  3. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kukka
  4. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.canpages.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mellbourne-internatioanl-flower-and-garden-show.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.canpages.ca/blog/%3Fauthor%3D13&usg=__15C3y6a6F1m6QmOsgCmfmOfxVts=&h=375&w=500&sz=221&hl=en&start=3&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=jtew0EvUbbMZYM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dflower%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1

Õie, Õile, Õili, Õilme

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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Estonian
Meaning: “flower”
(UY-e); (UY-le); (UY-lee); (UYL-me)

The names are derived from the Estonian genitive singular/attributive of the word, õis, meaning “flower.”

The designated name-day is May 13.

Sources

  1. http://www.behindthename.com/namedays/lists/est.php
  2. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Õie
  3. http://online.ectaco.co.uk/main.jsp?do=e-services-dictionaries-word_translate1&direction=1&status=translate&lang1=45&lang2=en&source=õilm

Aasa

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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Estonian
Meaning: “meadow.”
(AAH-sah)

The name may have originally been an Estonian form of the Scandinavian Åsa, but has come to be associated with the Estonian word aas (meadow).

The designated name-day is May 6.

Other forms include: Aase, Asse.

Sources

  1. http://www.behindthename.com/namedays/lists/est.php
  2. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aasa

Květoslav

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Gender: Masculine
Origin: Czech
Meaning: “flower glory.”
(KFYEH-to-SLAHV)

The name is composed of the Slavic elements, květ meaning “flower” and slav (glory). Some sources list it as a vernacular form of the Latin, Florian.

The feminine form is Květoslava. The Polish forms are Kwiatosław (m) and Kwiatosława (f).

In the Czech Republic, the designated name-day is May 4.

Sources

  1. http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwiatosław