Nurmi Family History

Finnish: ornamental name from nurmi ‘lawn’ or ‘pasture’ adopted at the end of the 19th century chiefly in southwestern Finland Satakunta and Uusimaa by Finns without surnames and especially during the name-changing campaigns of the early 20th century to replace Swedish or other foreign surnames (compare Laine).

Also a habitational name from farms so named in Satakunta Ostrobothnia and northern Finland established as a hereditary surname since the 19th century.