{"id":32833,"date":"2026-06-21T19:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/?p=32833"},"modified":"2026-06-21T19:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:15:17","slug":"finlands-strangest-place-names-the-obscene-and-unusual-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/blog\/finlands-strangest-place-names-the-obscene-and-unusual-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland\u2019s Strangest Place Names: The Obscene and Unusual Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Disclaimer:<\/strong> this article contains some genuinely crude language. We’re going to make our best attempt to translate some actual names of places in Finland, which are just plain obscene in any language. You’ve been warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Finnish art of naming a place something rude<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Throughout history, we’ve had a knack for slapping cheeky, eyebrow-raising names on our lakes, hills, and bogs. You might find them hilarious, embarrassing, or oddly charming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jump to: crude names of places<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why a rude name sticks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A place name can be somewhat personal to people, so it stirs up feelings. Names get handed to places that actually mean something. The name can make a spot easy to picture, easy to remember, and easy to point a friend toward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The oldest Finnish place names go back roughly 3,000 years, and new ones pop up daily. The cheeky ones grab headlines because they usually carry a legit swear word, and of course, swear words hit harder than ordinary and boring speech. They often lean on taboo topics like religion, sex, and bathroom business, the sort of words you wouldn’t repeat in front of the kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the names come from and why<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These names were rarely invented to shock. Most appeared on their own, in tiny rural communities that needed a quick way to talk about a particular hill or pond. The crude names cluster around nature: slopes, ridges, banks, ponds, and streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They don’t really get attached to roads, houses, or other things people built and loved, because nobody wants their cosy home tied to something that describes excrement or sexual organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of them were practical too, not vulgar just for the sake of it. The shape of the land, its use, or its location usually did the naming. A sledding hill might earn a backside-themed name. A small or shallow pond might get one too, sometimes because the water was muddy or boggy. A long, narrow bump on the landscape could pick up a name that matched its silhouette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirty joke is genuine, but the reasoning underneath was usually somewhat sensible. Nonetheless, this is a lewd lesson in toponomy and cultural history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The myth of the crude north<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The press always loves to pin these names on northern Finland, and rough language has long been tied to the lower social classes, so a tidy little story forms here: rugged northerners were crude woodsfolk, and the south more refined. The numbers do show fewer rude names down south, in the densely populated regions. That gap is about settlement, not manners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The north is full of natural features and short on people, so it has more hills and ponds just waiting to be named. The south paved over and built on its land, and crude names tend to skip the places people hold dear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, without further ado, here’s a very small selection of weird names of places and their literal translations, for you to\u2026 enjoy? Not everything translates perfectly and some words have multiple meanings in different contexts, but we did our best to stay truthfully indecent, as they relate to modern language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: we actually left out some truly crude ones, because repeating them would get our website in trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finland’s obscene names for places<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Akka-Helvetti – Old Maid Hell<\/strong><\/em>
Alahoro – Lower Whore<\/strong><\/em>
Ala-Kiimaj\u00e4rvi – Lower Lake of Horny\/Heat<\/strong><\/em>
Ala-Mulkku – Lower Dick<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eevanpillunl\u00e4hde – Fountain\/Source of Eva’s Pussy<\/strong><\/em>
Ellintissit – Elli’s Titties<\/strong><\/em>
Em\u00e4nn\u00e4npylly – Landlady’s Butt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haisvitunkaupunki – Fuck Off Town<\/em><\/strong>
Haistavitunm\u00e4ki – Fuck Off Hill<\/em><\/strong>
Helvetti – Hell<\/em><\/strong>
Helvetinj\u00e4rvi – Hell’s Lake<\/em><\/strong>
Helvetinkellari – Hell’s Basement<\/em><\/strong>
Helvetinperse – Hell’s Ass<\/em><\/strong>
Hevonperse – Horse’s Ass<\/em><\/strong>
Hevonperseenm\u00e4ki – Hill of Horse’s Ass<\/em><\/strong>
Hevovitunsuo – Swamp of Horse’s Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Hevonpierunsuo – Swamp of Horse’s Fart<\/em><\/strong>
Hiekkapieru – Sand Fart<\/em><\/strong>
Hiekka-Kiima – Sand Heat\/Horny<\/em><\/strong>
Hiirenpillu – Mouse’s Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Homeperseensuo – Moldy Ass’s Swamp<\/em><\/strong>
Horonkyl\u00e4 – Whore’s Village<\/em><\/strong>
Homosaari – Homo Island<\/em><\/strong>
Homonlampi – Homo’s Pond<\/em><\/strong>
Huorasaari – Whore Island<\/em><\/strong>
Huoraver\u00e4j\u00e4 – Whore Gate<\/em><\/strong>
Huoratalo – Whore House<\/em><\/strong>
H\u00e4r\u00e4npyllynm\u00e4ki – Bull’s Ass Hill<\/em><\/strong>
H\u00e4t\u00e4paskanl\u00e4hde – Emergency Shit Fountain\/Source<\/em><\/strong>
H\u00e4pyluoto – Vulva Islet<\/em><\/strong>
H\u00e4pykieli – Clitoris<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iisakinpalli – Isaac’s Testicle<\/em><\/strong>
Ilopillunm\u00e4ki – Hill of Joy Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Ilopierukallio – Rock of Joy Fart<\/em><\/strong>
Iso-Kiimanen – Big Horny<\/em><\/strong>
Iso Kiimasaari – Big Horny Island<\/em><\/strong>
Iso Kiimavuori – Big Horny Rock<\/em><\/strong>
Iso Kyrp\u00e4lampi – Big Cock Lake<\/em><\/strong>
Iso-Mulkku, Iso-Kyrp\u00e4 – Big Dick \/ Big Cock<\/em><\/strong>
Iso-Runkku – Big Jerk Off<\/em><\/strong>
Iso-Pylly – Big Butt<\/em><\/strong>
Isopieru – Big Fart<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junttikyl\u00e4 – Yokel\/Hillbilly Village<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kainalopillu – Armpit Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Kananpillu – Chicken’s Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Karhunpillu – Bear’s Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Kiima – Heat (horny)<\/em><\/strong>
Kiimakeidas – Heat (horny) Oasis<\/em><\/strong>
Kiimavaara – Heat (horny) Danger\/Hazard<\/em><\/strong>
Kissanpiiskaajankuja – Alley of the Cat Whipper<\/em><\/strong>
Kivessilta – Testicle Bridge<\/em><\/strong>
Kivesniemi – Testicle Peninsula<\/em><\/strong>
Kiveskyl\u00e4 – Testicle Village<\/em><\/strong>
Kuolema – Death<\/em><\/strong>
Kusip\u00e4\u00e4 – Head Full of Piss<\/em><\/strong>
Koirankyrp\u00e4oja – Ditch of a Dog’s Cock<\/em><\/strong>
Kulli – Dick<\/em><\/strong>
Kulliluoto – Dick Islet<\/em><\/strong>
Kullikallio – Dick Rock<\/em><\/strong>
Kusih\u00e4t\u00e4 – Need To Pee<\/em><\/strong>
Kusijoki – Piss River<\/em><\/strong>
Kyrp\u00e4kuja – Cock Alley<\/em><\/strong>
Kyrp\u00e4koski – Cock Rapids<\/em><\/strong>
Kyrp\u00e4kallio – Cock Rock<\/em><\/strong>
Kyrp\u00e4saari – Cock Island<\/em><\/strong>
Kyrv\u00e4nsyrj\u00e4ntie – Cock Edge Road<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lampaanpillu – Sheep’s Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Lehm\u00e4helvetti – Cow Hell<\/em><\/strong>
Lehm\u00e4nmulkku – Cow’s Dick<\/em><\/strong>
Liisanpillu – Liisa’s Pussy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makkarapieru – Sausage Fart<\/em><\/strong>
Mummunpylly – Grandma’s Butt<\/em><\/strong>
Munasuo – Dick Swamp<\/em><\/strong>
Munakulli – Dick Cock<\/em><\/strong>
Muorinperse – Old Woman’s Ass<\/em><\/strong>
Mulkkujenv\u00e4li – Between Dicks<\/em><\/strong>
Mulkkuj\u00e4rvi – Dick Lake<\/em><\/strong>
Mulkkusaari – Dick Island<\/em><\/strong>
Mulkkuvuori – Dick Mountain<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nahkahousut – Leather Pants<\/em><\/strong>
N\u00e4lk\u00e4pieru – Hunger Fart<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ollinmulkku – Olli’s Dick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pallivaha – Ball Wax<\/em><\/strong>
Pallinsaari – Ball Island<\/em><\/strong>
Paskalampi – Shit Pond<\/em><\/strong>
Paskarasva – Shit Grease<\/em><\/strong>
Paskapyykinm\u00e4ki – Shit Laundry Hill<\/em><\/strong>
Paskotin – Shitter<\/em><\/strong>
Pasko-oja – Shit Ditch<\/em><\/strong>
Paskavaara – Shit Danger\/Hazard<\/em><\/strong>
Perse – Ass<\/strong>
Persehuokonen – Ass Pore<\/em><\/strong>
Persej\u00e4rvi – Ass Lake<\/em><\/strong>
Perseposki – Ass Cheek<\/em><\/strong>
Perseenpaistama – Fried by Ass<\/em><\/strong>
Persesilm\u00e4nlampi – Asshole Pond<\/em><\/strong>
Pervo – Pervert<\/em><\/strong>
Pervonkallio – Pervert’s Rock<\/em><\/strong>
Pervonoja – Pervert’s Ditch<\/em><\/strong>
Pervontie – Pervert’s Road<\/em><\/strong>
Per\u00e4pukama – Hemorrhoids<\/em><\/strong>
Per\u00e4suolijoki – Rectum River<\/em><\/strong>
Pieni-Kyrp\u00e4 – Small Cock<\/em><\/strong>
Pierula – Place of Farts<\/em><\/strong>
Pierulampi – Fart Pond<\/em><\/strong>
Pierunkirkko – Church of Fart<\/em><\/strong>
Pillula – Place of Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Pillulampi – Pussy Pond<\/em><\/strong>
Pillupelto – Pussy Field<\/em><\/strong>
Pimppiniemi – Pussy Peninsula<\/em><\/strong>
Pikku-Runkku – Small Jerk Off<\/em><\/strong>
Pikkup\u00f6ksy – Little Panties<\/em><\/strong>
Pikku P\u00f6ksynhaara – Little Pant Crotch<\/em><\/strong>
Pissisaari – Piss Island<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rovastinnanpillu – Headmistress’s Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Runkausvaara – Jerk Off Danger\/Hazard<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saaranpaskantamasaari – Island Shat by Saara<\/em><\/strong>
Satiainen – Crabs (pubic louse)<\/em><\/strong>
Siitinselk\u00e4 – Phallus Back<\/em><\/strong>
Sudenvitunloukko – Corner of Wolf’s Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Suolikulli – Intestinal Dick<\/em><\/strong>
Suonikulli – Vein Dick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terskanper\u00e4 – Back of Penis Tip<\/em><\/strong>
Terskanlahti – Penis Tip Bay<\/em><\/strong>
Tissi – Tit<\/strong>
Tissinpohja – Bottom of Tit<\/em><\/strong>
Tissikukkulat – Tit Mounds\/Hills<\/em><\/strong>
Tissisaari – Tit Island<\/em><\/strong>
Tussusaari – Pussy Island<\/em><\/strong>
T\u00e4m\u00e4kohtu – This Uterus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Velhonvittu – Wizard’s Pussy<\/em><\/strong>
Vittulampi – Pussy Pond<\/em><\/strong>
Vittukivi – Pussy Rock<\/em><\/strong>
Vihelt\u00e4v\u00e4n Vitun Aapa – Swamp of the Whistling Pussy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c4mm\u00e4nperse – Old Woman’s Ass<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a truly rare case all that wasn’t enough obscenity for you, feel free to search for more at NameSampo<\/a>: a linked open data workbench for toponomastic research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Disclaimer: this article contains some genuinely crude language. We’re going to make our best attempt to translate some actual names of places in Finland, which are just plain obscene in any language. You’ve been warned. The Finnish art of naming a place something rude Throughout history, we’ve had a knack for slapping cheeky, eyebrow-raising names […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32833"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32859,"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32833\/revisions\/32859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saunazilla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}