Given name & surname

Riska

Riska is a surname, possibly from Middle Low German. It is used in Finnish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Riska possibly comes from Middle Low German.

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How it developed

Possibly from Middle Low German frisicke.

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Riska’s family of names

In Indonesian usage, Riska has a diminutive in ICA. In Indonesian usage, Riska has a related form in RIZKA. In Finnish usage, Riska as a surname has a related form in RISKU.

Walk Riska’s family in the name graph

RiskaRiškaΡίσκαIcaRizkaRisku

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Around the world

Riska has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

IndonesianGerman

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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German

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Rine is a surname from German. It is used in English and Norwegian Bokmål.

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German

Rissmiller

Rissmiller is a surname from German.

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German

Reisig

Reisig is a surname from German.

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Germanic

Reineke

Reineke is a surname from Middle Low German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in German.

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German

Reissner

Reissner is a surname from German.

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Lower Sorbian

Rosin

“raisin”

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11% boys · 89% girls

German

Rivenburg

Rivenburg is a surname from German.

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German

Raiter

Raiter is a surname from German. It is used in Czech.

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Sibling ideas

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