Kekkonen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Old Savonian surname. The first part is probably a nickname (perhaps the same kekka- as in kekkapää (“someone who has their head held up high”)) + -onen.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkekːonen/, [ˈk̟e̞kːo̞ne̞n]
- Rhymes: -ekːonen
- Syllabification(key): Kek‧ko‧nen
- Hyphenation(key): Kek‧ko‧nen
Proper noun
[edit]Kekkonen
- a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname, most notably borne by Urho Kekkonen
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Kekkonen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kekkonen | Kekkoset | |
| genitive | Kekkosen | Kekkosten Kekkosien | |
| partitive | Kekkosta | Kekkosia | |
| illative | Kekkoseen | Kekkosiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kekkonen | Kekkoset | |
| accusative | nom. | Kekkonen | Kekkoset |
| gen. | Kekkosen | ||
| genitive | Kekkosen | Kekkosten Kekkosien | |
| partitive | Kekkosta | Kekkosia | |
| inessive | Kekkosessa | Kekkosissa | |
| elative | Kekkosesta | Kekkosista | |
| illative | Kekkoseen | Kekkosiin | |
| adessive | Kekkosella | Kekkosilla | |
| ablative | Kekkoselta | Kekkosilta | |
| allative | Kekkoselle | Kekkosille | |
| essive | Kekkosena | Kekkosina | |
| translative | Kekkoseksi | Kekkosiksi | |
| abessive | Kekkosetta | Kekkositta | |
| instructive | — | Kekkosin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Kekkonen is the 448th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 1,808 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.