Heikkilä
For the district and neighborhood in Jyväskylä, see Districts of Jyväskylä.
Heikkilä is a surname originating in Finland.[1] The name is derived from Heikki, the Finnish equivalent of the Scandinavian name Henrik and the Germanic Henry, plus the suffix -lä, a patronymic indicating a child of a household headed by a man named Heikki. Among Finnish immigrants to North America, the name was sometimes Anglicized as Heikkila.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Jukka M. Heikkilä (born 1966), author
- Jussi Heikkilä (born 1983), hurdler
- Kari Heikkilä (born 1960), ice hockey skater
- Lasse Heikkilä (born 1934), ice hockey skater
- Marja Heikkilä (born 1977), freestyle swimmer
- Samu Heikkilä (born 1971), film editor
- Tapio Heikkilä (born 1990), football player