On 10/23/13, Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi> wrote:
> Another possibility is that the name refers to the Finnish female name
> Virva ("virvatuli" = "virva fire" ="will o' the wisp"):
>
> http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Virva
Thanks again. Again, rushing (if not quite Russian).
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