What is "taipale"

Taipale is a common Finnish surname. As of December 2012, almost 4,000 people in Finland have this name, which makes it approximately one in 1,400. The meaning is portage, journey or stretch of road.

Taipale may refer to:

• Taipale (surname), a common family name in Finland
• Taipale, former name of Solovyovo, a logging depot settlement in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
• The Battle of Taipale, fought between Soviet and Finnish forces during the Winter War