Huittinen

== Finnish == === Etymology === huitti- +‎ -nen, probably a derivative of Old Swedish hvīter (“white”), which could have been used as a given name. The name of the town could derive from a farm name derived from the anthroponym, but may also have derived from the aforementioned Swedish word, originally given as a name to a body of water with 'white' (foaming) water, e.g. to a rapid. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhui̯tːinen/, [ˈhui̯t̪ːine̞n] Rhymes: -uitːinen Syllabification(key): Huit‧ti‧nen Hyphenation(key): Huit‧ti‧nen === Proper noun === Huittinen a town and municipality of Satakunta, Finland a Finnish surname ==== Declension ==== (place name): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Huittinen" is Huittisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural. (surname): ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== Huittinen is the 2680th (tied with 9 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 296 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === === Further reading === Huittinen on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi