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Ilkka.

a Finnish surname

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈilkːɑ/[ˈilkːɑ̝]

  1. a Finnish surname

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  2. a Finnish surname Jaakko Ilkka (hanged in 1597), leader of a Finnish peasant uprising (Cudgel War).

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  3. a male given name

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Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Possibly: * a vernacular form of Old Swedish Illughi * derived from ilo, like Ilola, Ilonen * a Karelian vernacular form of Elias * a vernacular form of Iisak The given name derives from the surname in honor of Jaakko Ilkka.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.