Kuisma

Karelian form of the Russian saint's name Кузьма́ (Kuzʹmá), equivalent to English Cosmo, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯smɑ/, [ˈkui̯s̠mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uismɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Kuis‧ma

Kuisma

1. (rare compared to surname) a male given name
   • 1897, Juhani Aho, Panu, WSOY, published 1947, page 26:

     Usein laski Kuisma hänen kanssaan tuollaista todensekaista leikkiä, usein kärtti hän sanoja ja taikoja, mutta ei ollut Jouko kuitenkaan varma siitä, uskoisko se niihin, vai pitikö vain pilkkanaan sekä isää että häntä ja kaikkia, jotka taikoihin luottivat.

     Kuisma would often kid him with these half-real stories, often beg for words and spells, but Jouko was still not sure whether he would believe them, or whether he was just ridiculing both father and him and everyone else who believed in magic.

2. a Finnish surname originating as a patronymic

• (surnames) Kuosmanen

• Kuisma is the 572^nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 312 male individuals (and as a middle name to 123 more), and also belongs to 6 female individuals (and as a middle name to 5 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• Kuisma is the 300^th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 2,680 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• kamusi, muksia