Hämäläinen
title: "Hämäläinen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["finnish-language-surnames"] topic_path: "general/finnish-language-surnames" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hämäläinen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| name | Hämäläinen |
| meaning | "Tavastian", from hämäläinen ("a Tavastian"), derived from hämälä, form of Häme ("Tavastia") and -inen ("-ian") |
| region | Finland |
| language | Finnish |
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| name = Hämäläinen | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | meaning = "Tavastian", from hämäläinen ("a Tavastian"), derived from hämälä, form of Häme ("Tavastia") and -inen ("-ian") | region = Finland | language = Finnish | variant = | family = | footnotes = Hämäläinen is a surname originating in Finland (in Finnish, it means "Tavastian"), where it is the sixth most common surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aatu Hämäläinen (born 1987), Finnish professional ice hockey player
- Antony Hämäläinen (born 1980), Finnish musician and composer, now in the U.S.
- Brian Hämäläinen (born 1989), Danish player of football (soccer)
- Eduard Hämäläinen (born 1969), Finnish decathlete
- Elias Hämäläinen (born 1985), Finnish musician, winner of Finnish X Factor 2010
- Erik Hämäläinen (born 1965), Finnish player of ice hockey
- Helvi Hämäläinen (1907–1998), Finnish author
- Jaana Hämäläinen, Finnish curler
- Jyrki Hämäläinen (1942–2008), Finnish magazine editor and biographer
- Kalevi Hämäläinen (1932–2005), Finnish cross country skier
- Kasper Hämäläinen (born 1986), Finnish footballer
- Kyösti Hämäläinen (born 1945), Finnish rally driver
- Lahja Hämäläinen, Finnish ice sledge speed racer
- Niko Hämäläinen (born 1997), Finnish-American Footballer
- Pekka Hämäläinen (born 1967), Finnish history professor at University of Oxford
- Pekka Hämäläinen (1938–2013), Finnish football player and administrator
- Pentti Hämäläinen (1929–1984), Finnish bantamweight boxer
- Pirkko Hämäläinen (actress) (born 1959), Finnish actress
- Raimo Hämäläinen (born 1948), Finnish professor of mathematics
- Rasmus Hämäläinen (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player
- Sirkka Hämäläinen (born 1939), Finnish economist, governor of the Bank of Finland
- Tapio Hämäläinen (1922–2008), Finnish actor
- Ville Hämäläinen (born 1981), Finnish professional ice hockey player
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References
- {{As of. (March 2017). link. (May 23, 2010 (English version), verkkopalvelut.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu)
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