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It wouldn't be totally impossible, if the parents are a bit strange, but would be standing out alot.
Lile you could meet someone named Odin but it would stand out.
The other reason is that -nen at the end is used for family names. So a bit like meeting someone who's first name is McDonald is Scotland. Everyone would always be mixing his firstname as family name.
If you want to market one of Finland's largest insurance companies then sure XD It's like naming your character JPMorganChase or, as another user pointed out, General Electric lol But honestly I would just stick with Ilmari :D
It's basically the same as your character having the first name Smith vs. having the first name Smithson. Close together but miles apart in connotation
From [https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi/en/forename-search?name=ilmarinen](https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi/en/forename-search?name=ilmarinen) you can see, that Ilmarinen as a first name really is rare these days, only some after 1940's. Ilmari as a first, and especially second name is a bit more usual, but would that be too usual for your purposes, don't know.
I would go with Ilmari. Ilmarinen isn't unheard of, but people are likely automatically going to associate it with [one](https://www.ilmarinen.fi/en/) of [two](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmarinen) things (or just see it as a surname because of the -nen)
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Ilmari might just fly, Ilmarinen sounds like naming your kid Beowulf or such. T: third name Ilmari
Also it's more common as a lastname.
It's the equivalent of an English-speaker being named Beowulf, Mordred or Gandalf. Fantastical and silly in a modern setting.
Depends on your genre but in general if a name ends with -nen it's a last name.
That would be silly. Only ~100 Finns have ever been named Ilmarinen, first and second names combined. Ilmari is a great name.
I agree that my name is great
Bile-Ilmari is a Great name.
It's great if you wish to invoke a feeling of similarity between the character and a pension fund company.
Maybe the character is a man in finance 
Ilmarinen is more like a surname. Ilmari is a good first name
It wouldn't be totally impossible, if the parents are a bit strange, but would be standing out alot. Lile you could meet someone named Odin but it would stand out. The other reason is that -nen at the end is used for family names. So a bit like meeting someone who's first name is McDonald is Scotland. Everyone would always be mixing his firstname as family name.
Ilmarinen is also a big insurance company in Finland. Wouldn't call a kid that.
Anything ending with "-nen" is usually a surname.
If you want to market one of Finland's largest insurance companies then sure XD It's like naming your character JPMorganChase or, as another user pointed out, General Electric lol But honestly I would just stick with Ilmari :D
It's basically the same as your character having the first name Smith vs. having the first name Smithson. Close together but miles apart in connotation
I would just first assume anyone with a name of "ilmarinen" to be called as "ilmari"
Why not Nokia?
From [https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi/en/forename-search?name=ilmarinen](https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi/en/forename-search?name=ilmarinen) you can see, that Ilmarinen as a first name really is rare these days, only some after 1940's. Ilmari as a first, and especially second name is a bit more usual, but would that be too usual for your purposes, don't know.
How about General Electric?
Can you tell more about the book and the context?
I would go with Ilmari. Ilmarinen isn't unheard of, but people are likely automatically going to associate it with [one](https://www.ilmarinen.fi/en/) of [two](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmarinen) things (or just see it as a surname because of the -nen)