Sisko

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Šiško or Slovene Šiško.

Sisko (plural Siskos)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sisko is the 41657^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 522 individuals. Sisko is most common among White (98.47%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sisko”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From sisko (“sister”) in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsisko/, [ˈs̠is̠ko̞]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification^(key): Sis‧ko

Sisko

1. 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.

• Sisko is the 115^th 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.

• Veli

• iskos, kossi