Ismo
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A pet form of Ismael[1] (equivalent to English Ishmael).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ismo
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Ismo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ismo | Ismot | |
| genitive | Ismon | Ismojen | |
| partitive | Ismoa | Ismoja | |
| illative | Ismoon | Ismoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ismo | Ismot | |
| accusative | nom. | Ismo | Ismot |
| gen. | Ismon | ||
| genitive | Ismon | Ismojen | |
| partitive | Ismoa | Ismoja | |
| inessive | Ismossa | Ismoissa | |
| elative | Ismosta | Ismoista | |
| illative | Ismoon | Ismoihin | |
| adessive | Ismolla | Ismoilla | |
| ablative | Ismolta | Ismoilta | |
| allative | Ismolle | Ismoille | |
| essive | Ismona | Ismoina | |
| translative | Ismoksi | Ismoiksi | |
| abessive | Ismotta | Ismoitta | |
| instructive | — | Ismoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Ismo is the 119th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 5,508 male individuals (and as a middle name to 926 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.