Sikorski

Sikorski (feminine form: Sikorska, plural: Sikorscy) is a Polish family name .

frequency

Around 26,000 people in Poland bear the surname Sikorski .

history

The oldest known and documented mention of the name comes from 1463 , when a knight family Sikorski is mentioned on the coat of arms "Ślepowron".

Knights and nobles ( Szlachta ) with the name Sikorski wore the following coats of arms :

Ślepowron (Mazovia, Podlaskie )
Kopaszyna ( Greater Poland )
Cietrzew ( Kashubians , Pomerania , Prussia , Kuyavia )
Lis ( Lesser Poland , Carpathian Mountains )
Lubicz

origin

The name refers to the place Sikor near Szreńsk in the powiat Mławski . The place name is derived from the word sikor , which in Old Polish means the damming of water on a canal.

variants

Sikora , Sikorka, Sikorowski, Sikorska (France), Sikorsky (USA)

Name bearer

Alain Sikorski (* 1959), Belgian comic artist
Andrzej Sikorski (* 1961), Polish cyclist
Bartosz Sikorski (* 1974), Polish double bass player
Brian Sikorski (* 1974), American baseball player
Christian von Sikorski (* 1980), German communication scientist
Daniel Sikorski (* 1987), Austrian soccer player
Gerry Sikorski (* 1948), American politician
Hans Sikorski (1899–1972), German publisher, founder of the Sikorski music publishers
Hans Sikorski (soccer player) (* 1913), German soccer player
Hans W. Sikorski (* 1926), German music publisher
Igor Iwanowitsch Sikorski (1889–1972), Russian-American aviation pioneer
Józef Sikorski (1813–1896), Polish composer and music critic
Kazimierz Sikorski (1895–1986), Polish composer
Krystian Sikorski (* 1961), Polish ice hockey player
Lutz Sikorski (1950–2011), German local politician (Greens)
Peter Sikorski (* 1979), German actor
Radosław Sikorski (* 1963), Polish political scientist, historian, politician and journalist
Roman Sikorski (1920–1983), Polish mathematician
Sergei Sikorski (* 1925), son of Igor Ivanovich Sikorski, employee in his aircraft company, pilot and flight historian
Tomasz Sikorski (1939–1988), Polish composer and pianist
Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943), Polish politician, military man and Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London