Surnames/Finnish Surnames/Finnish Surnames - Other
Finnish surnames which are not related to given names (see Finnish Surnames - Given Names) usually derive from farm names, other place names or nicknames:
A
- Aalto - Finnish aalto = 'wave'
- Aaltonen - Finnish aalto = 'wave'
- Aho - Finnish aho = 'glade'
- Ahola - Finnish aho = 'glade'
- Ahonen - Finnish aho = 'glade'
- Alatalo - Finnish ala = 'lower' and talo = 'house'
- Arola - Finnish aro = 'steppe'
H
- Haapala - Finnish haapa = 'aspen'
- Haapalainen - Finnish haapa = 'aspen'
- Hakala - Finnish haka = 'pasture'
- Harju - Finnish harju = 'esker'
- Harjula - Finnish harju = 'esker'
- Harmaajärvi - Finnish harmaa = 'grey' and järvi = 'lake'
- Hautala - Finnish hauta = 'pit'
- Hietala - Finnish hieta = 'fine sand'
- Hirvonen - Finnish hirvi = 'elk'
- Honkala - Finnish honka = 'pine tree'
- Honkanen - Finnish honka = 'pine tree'
- Huhtala - Finnish huhta = 'cleared woodland'
- Huttunen - Finnish huttu = 'porridge'
- Häkkinen - Finnish häkki = 'ox'
- Hämäläinen - from Häme
I
- Ilves - Finnish ilves = 'Lynx'
- Isotalo - Finnish iso = 'big' and talo = 'house'
J
- Joensuu - Finnish joensuu = 'river mouth'
- Jokela - Finnish joki = 'river'
- Jokelainen - Finnish joki = 'river'
- Jokinen - Finnish joki = 'river'
- Joutsen - Finnish joutsen = 'swan'
- Järvelä - Finnish järvi = 'lake'
- Järveläinen - Finnish järvi = 'lake'
- Järvenpää - Finnish järvenpää = 'river's end'
- Järvi - Finnish järvi = 'lake'
- Järvinen - Finnish järvi = 'lake'
K
- Kallio - Finnish kallio = 'rock'
- Kanerva - Finnish kanerva = 'heather'
- Kare - Finnish kare = 'ripple'
- Kari - Finnish kari = 'skerry'
- Karjalainen - from Karelia
- Karppinen - Finnish karppi = 'trader in the Hanseatic League', 'German'
- Keskitalo - Finnish keski = 'middle' and talo = 'house'
- Ketola - Finnish keto = 'pasture'
- Kettunen - Finnish kettu = 'fox'
- Kivelä - Finnish kivi = 'stone'
- Kivi - Finnish kivi = 'stone'
- Kivimäki - Finnish kivimäki = 'stone hill'
- Kivinen - Finnish kivi = 'stone'
- Koivisto - Finnish koivisto = 'birch forest'
- Koivu - Finnish koivu = 'birch'
- Koivula - Finnish koivu = 'birch'
- Kokko - Finnish kokko = 'eagle'
- Kokkonen - Finnish kokko = 'eagle'
- Korhonen - Finnish korho = 'deaf' or 'proud'
- Korpela - Finnish korpi = 'deep forest'
- Koskela - Finnish koski = 'rapids'
- Koski - Finnish koski = 'rapids'
- Koskinen - Finnish koski = 'rapids'
- Kotka - Finnish kotka = 'eagle'
- Kujala - Finnish kuja = 'alley'
- Kukkonen - Finnish kukko = 'cock'
- Kulmala - Finnish kulma = 'corner'
- Kumpulainen - Finnish kumpu = 'hummock'
- Kuoppala - Finnish kuoppa = 'pit'
- Kuusela - Finnish kuusi = 'spruce'
- Kärkkäinen - Finnish kärkäs = 'eager'
L
- Laakonen - Finnish laakso = 'valley'
- Laakso - Finnish laakso = 'valley'
- Laaksonen - Finnish laakso = 'valley'
- Lahti - Finnish lahti = 'bay'
- Lahtinen - Finnish lahti = 'bay'
- Laine - Finnish laine = 'wave'
- Lappalainen - from Lappi
- Lappi - Finnish Lappi = 'Lappi'
- Latvala - Finnish latva = 'headwaters'
- Laukkanen - Finnish laukka = 'gallop'
- Lehtinen - Finnish lehti = 'leaf'
- Lehto - Finnish lehto = 'grove'
- Lehtola - Finnish lehto = 'grove'
- Lehtonen - Finnish lehto = 'grove'
- Leppälä - Finnish leppä = 'alder'
- Leppänen - Finnish leppä = 'alder'
- Linna - Finnish linna = 'castle'
- Luoma - Finnish luoma = 'brook'
M
- Meri - Finnish meri = 'sea'
- Mustonen - Finnish musta = 'black'
- Mäenpää - Finnish mäen = 'hill's' and pää = 'crest'
- Mäkelä - Finnish mäki = 'hill'
- Mäkeläinen - Finnish mäki = 'hill'
- Mäki - Finnish mäki = 'hill'
- Mäkilä - Finnish mäki = 'hill'
- Mäkinen - Finnish mäki = 'hill'
- Mäkitalo - Finnish mäki = 'hill' and talo = 'house'
- Mäntylä - Finnish mänty = 'pine tree'
N
- Nevalainen - Finnish neva = 'swamp'
- Niemelä - Finnish niemi = 'cape'
- Niemi - Finnish niemi = 'cape'
- Nieminen - Finnish niemi = 'cape'
- Niskala - Finnish niska = 'source' (of a river) or 'crest' (of a hill) or 'neck'
- Niskanen - Finnish niska = 'source' (of a river) or 'crest' (of a hill) or 'neck'
- Nurmi - Finnish nurmi = 'meadow', 'lawn'
- Nurminen - Finnish nurmi = 'meadow', 'lawn'
O
- Oiva - Finnish oiva = 'excellent'
- Ojala - Finnish oja = 'ditch'
- Oksanen - Finnish oksa = 'branch'
P
- Pajari - Finnish pajari = 'boyar' (Russian noble)
- Palo - Finnish palo = 'burnt-out clearing in the woods'
- Partanen - Finnish parta = 'beard'
- Peltola - Finnish pelto = 'field'
- Peltonen - Finnish pelto = 'field'
- Peura - Finnish peura = 'reindeer'
- Pitkänen - Finnish pitkä = 'tall'
- Puujalka - Finnish puujalka = 'wooden leg'
R
- Raita - Finnish raita = 'willow'
- Rajala - Finnish raja = 'border'
- Ranta - Finnish ranta = 'shore'
- Rantala - Finnish ranta = 'shore'
- Rantanen - Finnish ranta = 'shore'
- Rautio - Finnish rautio = 'smith'
- Repo - Finnish repo = 'fox'
- Rinne - Finnish rinne = 'hillside'
- Ruoho - Finnish ruoho = 'grass'
- Ruotsalainen - Finnish ruotsalainen = 'Swede'
S
- Saarela - Finnish saari = 'island'
- Saari - Finnish saari = 'island'
- Saarinen - Finnish saari = 'island'
- Salmela - Finnish salmi = 'sound', 'inlet'
- Salmi - Finnish salmi = 'sound', 'inlet'
- Salminen - Finnish salmi = 'sound', 'inlet'
- Salo - Finnish salo = 'wooded island', 'wild forest'
- Salonen - Finnish salo = 'wooded island', 'wild forest'
- Savela - Finnish savi = 'clay'
- Savolainen - from Savo
- Seppä - Finnish seppä = 'smith', 'blacksmith'
- Seppänen - Finnish seppä = 'smith', 'blacksmith'
- Siltala - Finnish silta = 'bridge'
- Suomalainen - Finnish suomalainen = 'Finn'
T
- Takala - Finnish taka = 'backside'
- Tammi - Finnish tammi = 'oak'
- Tamminen - Finnish tammi = 'oak'
- Tanner - Finnish tanner = 'field', 'ground'
- Terho - Finnish terho = 'acorn'
- Tikkanen - Finnish tikka = 'woodpecker'
- Toivanen - Finnish toivo = 'hope'
- Tuomela - Finnish tuomi = 'bird-cherry'
- Tuominen - Finnish tuomi = 'bird-cherry'
U
- Uljas - Finnish uljas = 'valiant'
- Uusitalo - Finnish uusi = 'new' and talo = 'house'
V/W
- Vainio - Finnish vainio = 'field'
- Vanhanen - Finnish vanha = 'old'
- Vanhatalo - Finnish vanha = 'old' and talo = 'house'
- Varma - Finnish varma = 'sure', 'certain'
- Vartijainen = Finnish vartija = 'guard' (see also VARD)
- Venäläinen - Finnish venäläinen = 'Russian'
- Vepsäläinen = from Veps
- Vesa - Finnish vesa = 'young tree'
- Viitala - Finnish viita = 'thicket'
- Viitanen - Finnish viita = 'thicket'
- Virolainen - Finnish virolainen = 'Estonian'
- Virta - Finnish virta = 'stream'
- Virtanen - Finnish virta = 'stream'
- Wirtanen - Finnish virta = 'stream'
- Vuorela - Finnish vuori = 'mountain'
- Vuorinen - Finnish vuori = 'mountain'
- Väisänen - Finnish väisä = 'signpost on ice' or väisäkkä = 'crafty'
Y
- Ylitalo - Finnish yli = 'upper' and talo = 'house'