Eastern Finnish, Karelian, surname. About Kirjavainen family in Kivennapa is a family book: Kivennavan Kirjavaiset, Sipi Kirjavaisen jälkeläiset, ISBN 978-952-93-2643-3. Sigfred Kirjavainen lived and was propably born in Uusikirkko, but his son Matti moved to Kivennapa and all known decendants of Sipi are decendants of Matti too. Earlier generations may have lived in the village of Kirjavala, Uusikirkko.