Nevanlinna

== English == === Etymology === Borrowing from Finnish Nevanlinna (from (genitive of) Neva + linna (“fortress”)); the Finnish name for a 17th-century Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva and Okhta Rivers, at the site of present-day Saint Petersburg, Russia. For more see Nyenschantz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Proper noun === Nevanlinna A surname from Finnish. (used attributively) Finnish mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna. == Finnish == === Etymology === Nevan (“of (river) Neva”) +‎ linna (“castle, fortress”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈneʋɑnˌlinːɑ/, [ˈne̞ʋɑ̝nˌlinːɑ̝] Rhymes: -inːɑ Syllabification(key): Ne‧van‧lin‧na Hyphenation(key): Nevan‧linna === Proper noun === Nevanlinna (uncountable, historical) Nyenschantz, Nyen (former Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva River and Okhta River, at a site now occupied by the Russian city of Saint Petersburg) a Finnish surname ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== The surname Nevanlinna belongs to 125 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.