tallainen

Tallainen is a Finnish-language term that may refer to a surname or toponym, or more generally to a grammatical form built with the suffix -lainen. In Finnish, -lainen is a productive suffix that forms adjectives and demonyms indicating origin or affiliation, as in suomalainen ("Finnish") or oululainen ("a person from Oulu"). When Tallainen occurs as a proper noun, it would be capitalized and could function as a family name or as a place name in a Finnish-speaking area, though there is no widely known use of the exact form in major reference works.

If used as a surname, Tallainen would be part of Finnish onomastics and might appear in local or genealogical records. If used as a place name, it would typically reflect historical or geographic associations in the surrounding region. The term is not commonly cited in standard encyclopedic sources, and it should not be confused with Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, which has its own distinct Finnish rendering Tallinna.

References to Tallainen are scarce in widely consulted sources, and any contemporary usage would likely be regional. For precise information, consulting Finnish-language genealogical databases, local histories, or postal and geographic registries would be recommended.