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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Slovak (Šiška) : nickname from Old Czech šiška ‘cone-shaped dumpling’, ‘cone’, applied to someone with a cone-shaped head.
  • Slovenian (south central Slovenia; Šiška) : nickname from šiška ‘gallnut’.
  • Greek (Siskas) : descriptive nickname from Turkish siska ‘rickety’, ‘crippled’.

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