Sisko
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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From sisko (“sister”) in the 19th century.
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) | ||||
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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 115th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 6,578 female individuals (and as a middle name to 14,682 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.