Question to the Finnish community. What does the surname Tepponen mean?

[Konstantin Sergeychik]

Question to the Finnish community. What does the surname Tepponen mean?

Hello. I am a descendant of Ingrian Finns and I want to change my surname to my great-grandmother's surname - Tepponen. Can you tell me how relevant this surname is in modern Finnish society? As I understand it, Tepponen translates from Finnish something like a prank. Is this surname offensive?  I'm afraid that it sounds funny and, for example, because of such a surname, children can be teased at school, etc.

[Pasi Tuominen]

Hello,

Tepponen is normal and relevant finnish surname, doesn't mean anything....

Teppo is finnish first name, quite same as Stefan and "-nen " is like a small one, very often used in surnames.
Like Järvi (lake)- Järvinen (small lake) , Mänty (pine)- Mäntynen (small pine). Can also use first nime in surname.

So Tepponen is like Stefan in surname. (Little Stefan).

And finnish word "kepponen" is a prank - not Tepponen.

Of course Tepponen and kepponen sounds very similar...

hope that helps,
-Pasi Tuominen

[Konstantin Sergeychik]

Pasi Tuominen, thank you for your message. Your answer is very important to me.