Given name & surname · also Czech
Siska
“cone”
Siska is a surname, possibly from Czech, ultimately from Estonian.
Original CzechŠiška
Meaning & origin
What it means
Siska possibly goes back to Proto-Slavic *šišьka, meaning “cone.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Siska possibly comes from Czech, and ultimately from Estonian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Czech Šiška, from Slovak Šiška, from Slovene Šiška, from Proto-Slavic *šišьka (“cone”), from Hungarian Siska, from Hungarian siska (“long-eared pig”), from Estonian Siska.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Siska’s family of names
In English usage, Siska as a surname was borrowed from the Czech form Šiška. In Greek usage, Siska as a surname is a transliteration of Σίσκα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Siska has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Estonian roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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