Cetina

See also: cetină, Cetină, and çetina

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Cetina.

Proper noun

Cetina

1. A river in Croatia.

Etymology 2

Three possible origins:

• Borrowed from Spanish Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Aragona.
• Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Croatia or from the river which flows by it.
• Borrowed from Slovene Četina, a nickname for a hairy or bearded man, from a dialect form of ščetina (“bristle”).

Proper noun

Cetina (plural Cetinas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cetina is the 40672^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Cetina is most common among Hispanic/Latino (80.45%) and White (19.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cetina”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 313.