Nousiainen

Finnish Etymology fi Nousi(j)a inen. At least the surname is most likely from the pre-Christian male name fi Nousia (from fi nousija), but the two senses are not directly connected as the surname is a Savonian fi -(i)nen-type surname, while the parish is located in Finland Proper. The name of the Southwest Finnish municipality could perhaps more likely derive from earlier fi nousijan mäki riser's/climber's hill (as in hill one has to ascend to); this would refer to the high hill on which the church was still located in the late 19th century. The place name is first attested as fi Nousia in 1232.30 Pronunciation Proper noun fi Finnish fi municipality r/Southwest Finland Declension surname Nousiai a place name Nousiai a internal Nousiainen Nousiaisissa Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural. Derived terms fi nousiaislainen Descendants 1 1 sv Nousis Statistics dvv_20250813 4058 171 References