Surname
Kakkinen
“tun, cask”
Kakkinen is a surname from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kakkinen goes back to Swedish gagge, meaning “tun, cask.”
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How it developed
In Finnish usage, Kakkinen as a surname developed from GAGGE.
Kakkinen’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kakkinen as a surname developed from the Swedish form GAGGE.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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