The Sikora Family TREE

Created March 28th 2012

Zenon Wladyslaw Sikora

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Born Dec. 23 1935 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada

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Sikora (Polish pronunciation: [ɕiˈkɔra]) is a surname of Polish language origin.

It is related to the Czech and Slovak surname Sıkora.

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]

SIKORA Name Meaning:
Polish and Jewish (from Poland): from Polish sikora ‘titmouse’, ‘coalmouse’, hence a nickname for a small, dark person, or, in the case of the Jewish name, an ornamental name.
Compare Czech and Slovak Sıkora (see Sykora).Jewish (from Poland): habitational name from any of the villages called Sikory.


SIKORA Name History:

Recorded in several forms including Sikora, Sikorski and Sikorsky (Polish, Russian and Askenasic) and Sykora (Czech) this is a famous medieval surname.
It derives from the word "sikora" meaning a titmouse, and hence was usually a nickname of endearment for a small, dark, person.


However the suffix endings of "-ski" and "-sky" are cognate with the German von or the French de, and imply the status of minor nobility or at least estate ownership.
We are not aware of any place called "Sikora", but this is possible as a coat of arms was granted in the 18th century to a family called Sikorski in the former German state of Pomerania.

The blazon is canting, being that of three small black birds on a silver field. The surname is well recorded in the worlds biographical directories. Examples from these include Wladyslaw Sikorski (1881 - 1943), who defended Warsaw against the Russians in 1920. Later in the Second World War (1939 - 1945), he lead the Free Polish forces based in London, but was killed in an aircrash at Gibraltar in 1943. Another famous name holder, but this time Russian born, was Igor Sikorsky (1889 - 1972). He was a renowned early aircraft designer, but left Russia after the communist lead revolution of 1917. He went to the USA, where he designed and built the first successful helicopter in 1939.

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Recorded in several forms including Sikora, Sikorski and Sikorsky (Polish, Russian and Askenasic) and Sykora (Czech) this is a famous medieval surname.

It derives from the word "sikora" meaning a titmouse, and hence was usually a nickname of endearment for a small, dark, person.

However the suffix endings of "-ski" and "-sky" are cognate with the German von or the French de, and imply the status of minor nobility or at least estate ownership.

We are not aware of any place called "Sikora", but this is possible as a coat of arms was granted in the 18th century to a family called Sikorski in the former German state of Pomerania.

The blazon is canting, being that of three small black birds on a silver field. The surname is well recorded in the worlds biographical directories. Examples from these include Wladyslaw Sikorski (1881 - 1943), who defended Warsaw against the Russians in 1920.

Later in the Second World War (1939 - 1945), he lead the Free Polish forces based in London, but was killed in an aircrash at Gibraltar in 1943.

Another famous name holder, but this time Russian born, was Igor Sikorsky (1889 - 1972).

He was a renowned early aircraft designer, but left Russia after the communist lead revolution of 1917. He went to the USA, where he designed and built the first successful helicopter in 1939.

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