Finnish Submitted Surnames

Finnish names are used in the country of Finland in northern Europe.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Turkkila Finnish

Turku Finnish
Derived from "Turku" a city in Finland.

Tuulinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tuuli meaning "wind".

Uotinen Finnish

Uusi Finnish
Uusi is a Finnish surname meaning "new".

Väänänen Finnish

Vaara Finnish, Sami
Means "forested hill" in Finnish, derived from Northern Sami várri "mountain".

Väisänen Finnish
Topographic name from väisä meaning either meaning "road" or "sign placed on the ice" + the common surname suffix -nen.

Vaisinen Finnish

Valikangas Finnish
A Finnish Surname

Valkama Finnish

Valkeapää Finnish
From the Finnish valkea "white" and pää "head, tip".

Valkonen Finnish
From Finnish valkoinen meaning "white" and the suffix -nen.

Valo Finnish
means "light" in finnish

Varpunen Finnish (Rare)
From Finnish meaning "sparrow".

Viikilä Finnish
From Swedish vik "bay, gulf" with the suffix -lä indicating a place.

Viikki Finnish
Derived from Swedish vik "bay, gulf".

Viinamäki Finnish

Vilén Finnish, Swedish

Virolainen Finnish
Means "Estonian" in Finnish.

Waara Finnish
Ornamental, from (vaara) meaning, “range of hills.”

Wanhatalo Finnish
From the Finnish "vanha talo." With the "vanha" meaning old or aged and "talo" being a place of living mostly a house. The most common translation is "old house".

Wara Finnish (Rare, Expatriate)
Variant of Vaara, mostly used outside of Finland.

Westergård Swedish, Finnish
From Swedish väster meaning "west, western" combined with gård meaning "farm, yard, estate".

Wickstrand Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Wikstrand, a surname composed of Swedish vik "bay" and strand "beach".

Wickström Swedish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Variant of Wikström. A notable bearer was Finnish engineer John Wickström (1870–1959)

Wilén Swedish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Variant of Vilén or Willén (meanings uncertain, they might be variants of the same name).

Wirta Finnish
From virta ‘stream’, used as a topographic name, also as a soldier’s name in the 17th century. Also adopted as an ornamental name, especially in western and southern Finland.

Wirtanen Finnish (Archaic)
Variant of Virtanen.

Wuori Finnish
"mountain"

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