Sisko
Appearance
See also: sisko
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Šiško or Slovene Šiško.
Proper noun
[edit]Sisko (plural Siskos)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sisko is the 41657th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 522 individuals. Sisko is most common among White (98.47%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sisko”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sisko (“sister”) in the 19th century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sisko
- a female given name
- 1984, Eira Stenberg, Paratiisin vangit, Tammi, →ISBN, page 5:
- Minun nimeni on Sisko. Ei se ole ihmisen nimi. Se on nimi suhteelle. Minä olin alusta alkaen sivuhenkilö. [ - - - ]
Minulla on myös veli, jonka nimi on Veli. Meitä yhdisti kateus. Me kadehdimme Annalta hänen nimeään.- My name is Sisko. That's not a name for a person. It's the name for a relation. I was a side character from the start. [ - - - ]
I also had a brother named Veli. We had envy in common, an envy of Anna's name.
- My name is Sisko. That's not a name for a person. It's the name for a relation. I was a side character from the start. [ - - - ]
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Sisko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sisko | Siskot | |
| genitive | Siskon | Siskojen | |
| partitive | Siskoa | Siskoja | |
| illative | Siskoon | Siskoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Sisko | Siskot | |
| accusative | nom. | Sisko | Siskot |
| gen. | Siskon | ||
| genitive | Siskon | Siskojen | |
| partitive | Siskoa | Siskoja | |
| inessive | Siskossa | Siskoissa | |
| elative | Siskosta | Siskoista | |
| illative | Siskoon | Siskoihin | |
| adessive | Siskolla | Siskoilla | |
| ablative | Siskolta | Siskoilta | |
| allative | Siskolle | Siskoille | |
| essive | Siskona | Siskoina | |
| translative | Siskoksi | Siskoiksi | |
| abessive | Siskotta | Siskoitta | |
| instructive | — | Siskoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Sisko is the 121st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 6,122 female individuals (and as a middle name to 14,088 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
See also
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- English terms borrowed from Serbo-Croatian
- English terms derived from Serbo-Croatian
- English terms borrowed from Slovene
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- English surnames
- English surnames from Serbo-Croatian
- English surnames from Slovene
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/isko
- Rhymes:Finnish/isko/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish valo-type nominals