Surname
Teinilä
“vagrant male pupil acting as a deacon or vicar”
Teinilä is a surname from Swedish, ultimately from Old Swedish. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Teinilä goes back to a word meaning “vagrant male pupil acting as a deacon or vicar.”
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Where it comes from
Teinilä comes from Swedish, and ultimately from Old Swedish.
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How it developed
In Finnish usage, Teinilä as a surname developed from Sten.
Teinilä’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Teinilä as a surname developed from the Swedish form Sten.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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