AboutMona M Olsson Expertise Finland, living in Finland, Finnish culture, language, society, behaviour and manners. I can answer questions in english, swedish, german, french and finnish.
Experience Am a foreigner currently living in Finland. I see what is happening here right now.
Education/Credentials Bachelor of science and Bachelor of economics.
Expert: Mona M Olsson Date: 4/14/2008 Subject: sernames
Question My mother is a finn i am tracing sernames Simila,Myllymaki,Juhala,Hango do you know these ser names and where they originaly came from.And the meaning of the names.Leander,Toivo,Arvo,Eino,Tealk.My married name is Fillinger if you know any thing about that name to i will be wating to hear. thank you for your time .Daphne
Answer I am sorry to tell you that I have no idea where the names originate from, some do not even seem of Finnish origin.
similä = ?
myllymäki; family name, mills hill, very common name surname
juhala; family name or name of a place or farmhouse. juhas "place" or "house", juha is a male name. also a very common surname.
hango; hankoo in swedish, a city southern most town situated on a peninsula in the baltic sea.
leander; family name, seems to be swedish, no idea of what it means.
toivo; means hope, female name.
arvo; value male name.
eino;
tealk; no idea what it might mean, does not seem finnish at all, neither nordic or scandinavian
fillinger is not of nordic origin, seems more like an anglicaation of a previuosly nordic family name, like some originally swedish an russian names have been "finnocized" in the early 1900's over here.
sorry i could not help you more,
wishing you a nice day.
mona
