Vappu

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Diminutive of VALPURI.

VALPURI   female   Finnish
Finnish form of WALBURGA.
WALBURGA   female   German
Means "ruler of the fortress" from the Germanic elements wald "power, leader, ruler" and burg "fortress". This was the name of an 8th-century saint from England who did missionary work in Germany.
FULL FORMS
FINNISH: Valpuri
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Waldeburg
FRISIAN: Wobbe
GERMAN: Walburga