Imants is a

Latvian masculine given name Latvian names, like in most European cultures, consist of two main elements: the given name (''vārds'') followed by family name (''uzvārds''). During the Soviet occupation (1940–1941; 1944–1991) the practice of giving a middle name (''otrais v ...

, 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 latvju R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ar'' (pronounced ), plural ''ars'', or in Irelan ...

tautas atmoda) refers to three distinct but ideologically related Romantic nationalism, National revival movements: * the ''The First Latvian National Awakening, First Awakening'' refers ...

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 a ...

for Imants is July 1.

Individuals

The name Imants may refer to the following: *

Imants Barušs Imants Barušs is Professor of Psychology at King's University College (University of Western Ontario), King's University College at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Background He started out in engineering science on a scholarship at th ...

, 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 ...

(born 1975), Latvian footballer *

Imants Bodnieks Imants Bodnieks (born 20 May 1941) is a retired Latvian track cyclist. He competed at the 1960 Olympics in the 1000 m sprint and at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines ...

(born 1941), Latvian racing cyclist *

Imants Kalniņš Imants Kalniņš (born 26 May 1941 in Riga, Latvian SSR) is a Latvian composer, musician and politician. Having studied classical and choral music, he has written seven symphonies, several operas (including the first rock opera in the USSR, , ora ...

(born 1941), Latvian composer *

Imants Kokars Imants Kokars (16 August 1921 in Gulbene, Latvia – 24 November 2011 in Riga, Latvia) was a Latvian pedagogue and conductor. His twin brother Gido Kokars Gido Kokars (16 August 1921 – 10 March 2017) was a Latvian conductor. He was the twin ...

(1921–2011), Latvian music pedagogue and conductor *

Imants Lancmanis Imants Lancmanis (born July 29, 1941) is a Latvian painter and art historian. He has also been the director of Rundāle Palace Museum from 1976 until 2019. Biography Imants Lancmanis was born on July 29, 1941, in Riga. In 1959 he graduated fro ...

(born 1941), Latvian art historian *

Imants Lešinskis Imants Lešinskis (17 December 1931 – 23 December 1985) was a Latvian KGB agent and a double agent for the CIA who defected from the Soviet Union to the United States with his wife and daughter in 1978 while working for the United Nations in ...

(born 1935), KGB agent *

Imants Lieģis Imants Viesturs Lieģis (born 30 April 1955) is a prominent Latvian diplomat and politician. Since 2016 he serves as Latvia's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, as well as non-resident ambassador to Algeria, Morocco and Monaco ...

(born 1955), Latvian ambassador *

Imants Priede Imants (Monty) George Priede is a British-Latvian zoologist, author and academic. He is Professor Emeritus in the University of Aberdeen, Scotland known for his work on fish and life in the deep sea. Priede has published over 150 research papers c ...

(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, 1 ...

(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 from ...

(born 1950), Australian artist * Imants Zemzaris (born 1951), Latvian composer *

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 {{given name, Imants, nocat Latvian masculine given names Uralic personal names