Last name origin & meaning: Finnish: from saari ‘island’. Mostly, this is an ornamental
name adopted during the name conversion movement at the end of the
19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, but it may also be a
topographic name for someone living on or near an island. It is found
chiefly in central and southern Finland. In America, it is also found
as an abbreviation of names containing this element, such as
Viitasaari.
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