Sýkora
Sýkora (feminine: Sýkorová) is a surname of Czech and Slovak language origin. It is related to the Polish surname Sikora. All are derived from a Slavic word for birds of the Paridae (tit) family which was used as a nickname for a small, agile person.[1]
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Notable people with the surname include:
- Adéla Sýkorová, Czech sport shooter
- Fiete Sykora (born 1982), German footballer
- Ján Sýkora (born 1990), Slovak ice hockey player
- Jan Sýkora (born 1993), Czech footballer
- Jana Sýkorová (born 1973), Czech opera singer
- Ken Sykora (1923–2006), British jazz guitarist
- Marie Sýkorová (1952–2018), Czech field hockey player
- Michal Sýkora (born 1973), Czech ice hockey player
- Peter Sykora (born 1946), German footballer
- Petr Sýkora (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
- Petr Sýkora (born 1978), Czech ice hockey player
- Stacy Sykora (born 1977), American volleyball player
- Thomas Sykora (born 1968), Austrian alpine skier
- Tibor Sýkora, Czech slalom canoeist
- Tom Sykora (born 1946), American politician
- Zdeněk Sýkora (1920–2011), Czech artist
See also
- All pages with titles containing Sykora
- Sikorski (disambiguation)
References
- Dictionary of American Family Names 2013, Oxford University Press, as cited by ancestry.com
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