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Kerkelä

Kerkelä is a surname from Germanic. It is used in Finnish.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kerkelä comes from Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kerkelä’s family of names

In Finnish usage, Kerkelä as a surname shares a linguistic root with the German form GEHRKE.

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KerkeläGehrke

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Germanic

Kerttula

Kerttula is a surname from Middle Low German, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Finnish.

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Russian

Keronen

Keronen is a surname, possibly from Germanic, ultimately from Russian. It is used in Finnish.

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Germanic

Seikkula

“victory”

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Germanic

Kuosa

“ladle, dipper”

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Germanic

Keso

“fallow”

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Germanic

Hakola

Hakola is a surname from Germanic. It is used in Finnish.

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Germanic

Átila

Átila is a masculine given name from Gothic. It is used in Portuguese.

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Germanic

Hallila

Hallila is a surname from Old Swedish, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Finnish.

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