Tikkanen
title: "Tikkanen" 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/Tikkanen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tikkanen |
| meaning | "small woodpecker", derived from tikka ("woodpecker") and -nen ("small") |
| region | Finland |
| language | Finnish |
| variant | Tikka |
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| name = Tikkanen | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | meaning = "small woodpecker", derived from tikka ("woodpecker") and -nen ("small") | region = Finland | language = Finnish | variant = Tikka | family = | footnotes = Tikkanen is a Finnish surname meaning "small woodpecker". Notable people with the surname include:
- Aino-Maija Tikkanen (1927–2014), Finnish film actress
- Esa Tikkanen (born 1965), retired Finnish professional ice hockey player
- Märta Tikkanen (born 1935), Finnish writer
- Päivi Tikkanen (born 1960), former long-distance runner from Finland
- Toivo Tikkanen (1888–1947), Finnish architect
- Hans Tikkanen (born 1985), Swedish chess Grandmaster
- Harri Tikkanen (born 1981), Finnish ice hockey defenceman
- Henrik Tikkanen (1924–1984), Finnish anti-war author
- Jouki Tikkanen (born 1995), Finnish rhythmic gymnast
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