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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Finnish (Väisänen) : topographic name from väisä meaning either ‘road’ or ‘sign placed on the ice’ + the common surname suffix -nen. Alternatively, it may be derived from Väisä as a personal name.

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