Väätäinen

== Finnish == === Etymology === Possibly from vääntää (dialectal form/consonant stem väätä) as an occupational surname (compare vääntäjä), or from dialectal väättää (“to drag/haul (logs in slash-and-burn cultivation)”) (vedättää) +‎ -inen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋæːtæi̯nen/, [ˈʋæːt̪æi̯ne̞n] Rhymes: -æːtæinen Syllabification(key): Vää‧täi‧nen Hyphenation(key): Vää‧täi‧nen === Proper noun === Väätäinen a Finnish surname ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Väätäinen is the 672nd (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 1,270 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References ===