Laitinen

Laitinen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Laitinen.

Proper noun

Laitinen (plural Laitinens)

1. A surname from Finnish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Laitinen is the 33695^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 676 individuals. Laitinen is most common among White (93.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Laitinen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 382.

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Finnish

Etymology

Recorded in both western and eastern Finland. Probably from an obsolete form of some Germanic given name (akin to Old High German Letho, Laitu, Ladila, English Leath, Lathall, German Lethe, Old Swedish Ledhe, possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną) +‎ -nen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯tinen/, [ˈlɑi̯t̪ine̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑitinen
• Syllabification^(key): Lai‧ti‧nen

Proper noun

Laitinen

1. a common surname transferred from the given name

Declension

Inflection of Laitinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative		Laitinen	Laitiset
genitive		Laitisen	Laitisten Laitisien
partitive		Laitista	Laitisia
illative		Laitiseen	Laitisiin
		singular	plural
nominative		Laitinen	Laitiset
accusative	nom.	Laitinen	Laitiset
	gen.	Laitisen
genitive		Laitisen	Laitisten Laitisien
partitive		Laitista	Laitisia
inessive		Laitisessa	Laitisissa
elative		Laitisesta	Laitisista
illative		Laitiseen	Laitisiin
adessive		Laitisella	Laitisilla
ablative		Laitiselta	Laitisilta
allative		Laitiselle	Laitisille
essive		Laitisena	Laitisina
translative		Laitiseksi	Laitisiksi
instructive		—	Laitisin
abessive		Laitisetta	Laitisitta
comitative		—	Laitisineen

Possessive forms of Laitinen (type nainen)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Laitiseni	Laitisemme
2nd person	Laitisesi	Laitisenne
3rd person	Laitisensa

Related terms

• Laitila

Anagrams

• iltainen