Surname

Mäkelä

“hill”

Mäkelä is a surname. It is used in Finnish.

Meaning & origin

Mäkelä goes back to a word meaning “hill.”

Built from Finnish mäki (“hill”) + la.

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

If you love Mäkelä, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.