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Tammi.

a Finnish surname from landscape

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈtɑmːi/[ˈt̪ɑ̝mːi]

  1. a Finnish surname from landscape

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  2. Any of a number of small places in Southwestern Finland (warm enough for oaks).

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Where this word comes from

From tammi (“oak”) (compare Estonian Tamm) and, through place names, also from dialectal tammi (“dam”). Through its association with tammi (“oak”), the surname has been adopted as a translation of Swedish Ek and other Swedish surnames beginning with ek.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.