Vatanen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Karelian diminutive Vata of Russian Фадей (Fadej) < Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaîos), + -nen.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑtɑnen/, [ˈʋɑ̝t̪ɑ̝ne̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑtɑnen
- Syllabification(key): Va‧ta‧nen
- Hyphenation(key): Va‧ta‧nen
Proper noun
[edit]Vatanen
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Vatanen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Vatanen | Vataset | |
| genitive | Vatasen | Vatasten Vatasien | |
| partitive | Vatasta | Vatasia | |
| illative | Vataseen | Vatasiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Vatanen | Vataset | |
| accusative | nom. | Vatanen | Vataset |
| gen. | Vatasen | ||
| genitive | Vatasen | Vatasten Vatasien | |
| partitive | Vatasta | Vatasia | |
| inessive | Vatasessa | Vatasissa | |
| elative | Vatasesta | Vatasista | |
| illative | Vataseen | Vatasiin | |
| adessive | Vatasella | Vatasilla | |
| ablative | Vataselta | Vatasilta | |
| allative | Vataselle | Vatasille | |
| essive | Vatasena | Vatasina | |
| translative | Vataseksi | Vatasiksi | |
| abessive | Vatasetta | Vatasitta | |
| instructive | — | Vatasin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Vatanen is the 645th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 1,312 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.