Gender: Masculine
Origin: Estonian
Meaning: “future; coming.”
(TOO-lev)
The name is derived from the Estonian word tulev or tulevane meaning “the coming or the future.” Its a common male name in Estonia and its designated name day is July 20.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Finnish/Estonian
Meaning: “cloud”
(PEEL-vee)
The name comes directly from the Finnish and Estonian word for cloud. If you would like to hear the name pronounced by a Finn, you can listen to it here: http://www.forvo.com/word/pilvi/
The designated name-days are April 19 (Finland), November 21 (Estonia).
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Estonian
Meaning: “afterglow; sunset.”
(AY-hah)
The name is derived from the Estonian word describing “afterglow”, “sun set” or “dusk.” The name has been used in Estonia for centuries and it is borne by Estonian poet, Eha Lattamae (b. 1922), as well as by former Miss Estonia and runway model, Eha Urbsalu.
A variation is Ehala (AY-huh-lah).
The designated name-day in Estonia is July 1st.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Estonian
(EY-beh) the e is similar to the Spanish e
The name is used in Estonia and can be derived from either one of two things 1) a contraction of Eliisabet or; 2) it is derived from an Estonian word which describes the by product of cloth making, usually a velvety material.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Norwegian/Estonian
(ah-MEEL-deh)
The name is derived from the old German Armhild, which was a variation of Irmhild, made up of the elements, irm meaning “armour” and hild meaning “battle” hence “armour battle.”
The name is also occasionally used in South America.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Estonian
Meaning: “petite; small”
(VAYEE-keh)
The name seems to come directly from the Estonian word describing something tiny. It has been in usage as a female name for a long time.
The pronunciation is rather hard to transcribe, but phonetically in English it would sound something like (VY-keh).
The name was borne by a famous Australian-Estonian artist, Vaike Lakeman.
(Upper left self portrait of Vaike Lakeman).
Origin: Swedish
Gender: feminine
Meaning “Swedes”
(SVEH-ah)
The name is derived from the old name for Sweden, Svea rike, literally meaning “kingdom of the Swedes.” Svea meaning “swede” and rike meaning “kingdom.”
The name became especially popular in Sweden during the first half of the 20th-century. It was used as a patriotic name.
The name is still relatively common in Sweden, in 2007, it was the 97th most popular female name in Sweden.
Its designated name-day is January 2nd
. The name is also in usage in Estonia, the designated name-day being August 14.