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These are the most popular Finnish last names: Korhonen (22,637) Virtanen (21,964) Mäkinen (20,241) Nieminen (20,064) Mäkelä (19,111) Hämäläinen (18,369) Laine (18,260) Heikkinen (17,544)

The “nen” ending of a Finnish surname can mean “son of,” but is usually a descriptive of the place where a family lived. As examples, Makinen means “small hill,” and “Virtanen” means “small stream.” These names mean the family came from the stream or the hill.

Linguistically “nen” ending can be either diminutive or means to create an adjective: koko = size, kokonainen= whole. Names ending in “nen” were typical to Eastern Finland whereas in the Western part of the country “la” was the typical ending and before the 19th century those were tied to the house, not to the family.

Patronymic surnames were common throughout Finland, but most people in western Finland used only a patronymic surname. Patronymic surnames are based on the father's given name. Swedish patronymics end with -sson (son) or -dotter (daughter).

The processing fee for the application for a change of forename is EUR 60 per change of name or per person applying for it. If you do not pay the processing fee when you submit the application, we will send you the invoice separately in Suomi.fi Messages or by post.

Finns refer to their country as 'Suomi', but no-one knows where that name came from, or why, even after centuries of being called Finland, Suomi still survives.

Some common Finnish first names for boys include Akseli, Eero, Ilari, Juho, and Mikko. Some common Finnish first names for girls are Aino, Elsa, Hilla, Maija, and Saara.

More than a third of all Finns have surnames ending in -nen. Though the Finnish suffix –nen is normally a diminutive, in surnames it more often signifies belonging to a place where a family lived. Virtanen could literally mean “small stream,” but the surname was devised to mean a family living near a stream.

These are the most popular Finnish last names: Korhonen (22,637) Virtanen (21,964) Mäkinen (20,241) Nieminen (20,064) Mäkelä (19,111) Hämäläinen (18,369) Laine (18,260) Heikkinen (17,544)

The “nen” ending of a Finnish surname can mean “son of,” but is usually a descriptive of the place where a family lived. As examples, Makinen means “small hill,” and “Virtanen” means “small stream.” These names mean the family came from the stream or the hill.

Linguistically “nen” ending can be either diminutive or means to create an adjective: koko = size, kokonainen= whole. Names ending in “nen” were typical to Eastern Finland whereas in the Western part of the country “la” was the typical ending and before the 19th century those were tied to the house, not to the family.

Patronymic surnames were common throughout Finland, but most people in western Finland used only a patronymic surname. Patronymic surnames are based on the father's given name. Swedish patronymics end with -sson (son) or -dotter (daughter).

The processing fee for the application for a change of forename is EUR 60 per change of name or per person applying for it. If you do not pay the processing fee when you submit the application, we will send you the invoice separately in Suomi.fi Messages or by post.

Finns refer to their country as 'Suomi', but no-one knows where that name came from, or why, even after centuries of being called Finland, Suomi still survives.

Some common Finnish first names for boys include Akseli, Eero, Ilari, Juho, and Mikko. Some common Finnish first names for girls are Aino, Elsa, Hilla, Maija, and Saara.

More than a third of all Finns have surnames ending in -nen. Though the Finnish suffix –nen is normally a diminutive, in surnames it more often signifies belonging to a place where a family lived. Virtanen could literally mean “small stream,” but the surname was devised to mean a family living near a stream.