Imants is a
Latvian masculine given name, from the
Livonian language
The Livonian language ( liv, līvõ kēļ, link=no or ; et, liivi keel, link=yes) is a Finnic language whose native land is the Livonian Coast of the Gulf of Livonia, located in the north of the Kurzeme peninsula in Latvia. Although its last ...
: ''im'' meaning "miracle" added to ''and'' meaning "gift". The name is borne by more than 6,250 men in
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
.
[PMLP database] 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
The Latvian National Awakening ( lv, latviešu r latvjutautas atmoda) refers to three distinct but ideologically related National revival movements:
* the '' First Awakening'' refers to the national revival led by the Young Latvians from the 1850 ...
of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
According to the Latvian calendar, the
name day
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of ...
for Imants is July 1.
Individuals
The name Imants may refer to the following:
*
Imants Barušs, Canadian professor of psychology
*
Imants Bleidelis
Imants Bleidelis (born 16 August 1975) is a Latvian former professional football midfielder. He made 106 appearances for the Latvia national team.
Club career
Born in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union, Bleidelis started his career at Skonto in ...
(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
Imants Sudmalis (18 March 1916 OS, Cēsis, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 25 May 1944 NS, Riga, Latvia) was a Latvian editor and Soviet communist and partisan, the Hero of the Soviet Union (awarded posthumously on October 23, 1957) ...
(1916–1944), Latvian communist and Soviet partisan
*
Imants Tillers
Imants Tillers (born 1950), is an Australian artist, curator and writer. He lives and works in Cooma, New South Wales.
Early life and education
Imants Tillers was born in Sydney in 1950, the child of Latvian immigrants. In 1973 he graduated fro ...
(born 1950), Australian artist
*
Imants Zemzaris (born 1951), Latvian composer
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Imants Ziedonis
Imants Ziedonis (3 May 1933 – 27 February 2013) was a Latvian poet and writer who first rose to fame during the Soviet era in Latvia.
Early life and education
Ziedonis was born in the Sloka fisherman's district of Jūrmala, Latvia. He was educ ...
(born 1933), Latvian poet
Notes
Sources
Pilsonības un Migrācijas Lietu Parvalde (PMLP): Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs personal name database
References
* Latkovskis, Leonards, 1971: ''Latgalu uzvordi, palames un dzymtas II''. Munich: Latgalu izdevniecība
* Siliņš, K., 1990: ''Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca''. Rīga: Zinātne
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Latvian masculine given names
Uralic personal names