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Seppälä

“smith”

Seppälä is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in Finnish.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Seppälä goes back to a word meaning “smith.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Seppälä has more than one origin: in one tradition, it goes back to a word meaning “smith”; as a surname, it goes back to a word meaning “dweller at the house or farm of a smith”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Finnish seppä (“smith”) + la.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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