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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish and Jewish (from Poland) : from Polish sikora ‘titmouse’, ‘coalmouse’, hence a nickname for a small, dark person, or, in the case of the Jewish name, an ornamental name. Compare Czech and Slovak Sýkora (see Sykora).
  • Jewish (from Poland) : habitational name from any of the villages called Sikory.

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