Imants
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Name day | 1 July |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Latvia |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Imanta |
Imants is a Latvian masculine given name, from the Livonian language:[1] im meaning "miracle" added to and meaning "gift". The name is borne by more than 6,250 men in Latvia.[2] Its nameday is celebrated on 1 July.
The name is one of the relatively few surviving Latvian names of indigenous origin from among the great number revived or introduced during the Latvian National Awakening of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
According to the Latvian calendar, the name day for Imants is July 1.
A female variant, "Imanta" was included in a 1915 calendar and first recorded in 1921. Variations of it, such as "Ima", "Imandra", "Imanda", and "Imulis" were also later in the 20th century, though the last two were only recorded once.[1] The associated name day is August 19.[3]
Individuals[edit]
The name Imants may refer to the following:
- Imants Barušs, Canadian professor of psychology
- Imants Bleidelis (born 1975), Latvian footballer
- Imants Bodnieks (born 1941), Latvian racing cyclist
- Imants Kalniņš (born 1941), Latvian composer
- Imants Kokars (1921–2011), Latvian music pedagogue and conductor
- Imants Lancmanis (born 1941), Latvian art historian
- Imants Lešinskis (born 1935), KGB agent
- Imants Lieģis (born 1955), Latvian ambassador
- Imants Priede (born 1948), British-Latvian zoologist, author and academic
- Imants Sudmalis (1916–1944), Latvian communist and Soviet partisan
- Imants Tillers (born 1950), Australian artist
- Imants Zemzaris (born 1951), Latvian composer
- Imants Ziedonis (born 1933), Latvian poet
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Balodis, Pauls (August 2009). "Personal Names of Livonian Origin in Latvia: Past and Present" (PDF). In Wolfgang Ahrens; Sheila Embleton; André Lapierre (eds.). Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences. 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences. Toronto, Canada: York University. pp. 105–116. ISBN 978-1-55014-521-2. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ PMLP database
- ^ vardadienas.lv. "Augusts". Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
Sources[edit]
- Pilsonības un Migrācijas Lietu Parvalde (PMLP): Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs personal name database Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Latvian)
References[edit]
- Latkovskis, Leonards, 1971: Latgalu uzvordi, palames un dzymtas II. Munich: Latgalu izdevniecība (in Latvian)
- Siliņš, K., 1990: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Rīga: Zinātne (in Latvian)
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