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Lehtonen

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Lehtonen is a Finnish surname of Virtanen type derived from the word lehto, "grove". Notable people with the surname include:

As the ending -nen in Finnish last names refers to a diminutive or in common language to something very small like a leaflet as the -nen ending transfers to -let ending and as the start of the surname means a grove in English, in theory unofficially the surname would mean Grovelet in English; a very small grove. But as a word grovelet does not exist in Finnish language as term that people use to refer to a small grove beyond the surname itself so the term would be only used to refer to a person with the surname, it would be smart just to stay on the level of just in theory. Beyond the surname itself a -nen diminutive ending to a surname is one of the most common type of surnames in Finland such as Virtanen, Kekkonen, Korhonen.