Muhonen

Finnish Etymology fi fi -nen; primarily found in eastern Finland; possibly related to fi Muukkonen. Alternatively, possibly derived from urj-fin-pro *muha- smile (whence fi muhoilla to smile contentedly), perhaps via an old given name fi *Muho(i) (compare ru Мугуй, attested in ru Минька Мугуй in a 1598 document, perhaps containing the Karelian form of a name krl *Muhoi akin to krl muha, krl muhe, krl muhu smilefi Olga Karlova Karjalainen henkilönnimistö Lapin pogostain asiakirjoissa 2018 Personal name systems in Finnic and beyond Asiakirjat 1597 ja 1598 10 https://blogs.helsinki.fi/personal-name-systems/files/2018/04/karjalainen-henkil%C3%B6nnimist%C3%B6-lapin-pogostain-asiakirjoissa.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20250613025237/https://blogs.helsinki.fi/personal-name-systems/files/2018/04/karjalainen-henkil%C3%B6nnimist%C3%B6-lapin-pogostain-asiakirjoissa.pdf 13 June 2025). Pronunciation Proper noun fi Finnish Declension Muho a Derived terms fi Muhola Statistics dvv_20250813 2219 362 1 References