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Ultimately from kotka(“eagle”), possibly but not necessarily through the surname. According to SPNK, refers to nesting places used by white-tailed eagles.[1]
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kotka" is Kotkassa.
^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN