Saksida is a
Slovenia
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n surname that has been adapted to its
Slavic form from the original
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
name ''
Saks''. The
root
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is ''
Sachsen'', which means 'one from
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
', and among other variant forms it includes ''
Sachs Sachs is a German surname, meaning "man from Saxony". Sachs is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews from Saxony, in the United States sometimes adopted in the variant Zaks, supposedly in reference to the Hebrew phrase ''Zera Kodesh Shemo'' (ZaKS), ...
'', ''
Sacks'', and ''
Saks''.
Name etymology
According to the
Slovene linguist
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Silvo Torkar in
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...
there is a common group of
suffixes that are added to the end of
surnames that create a
Slovene identity; some examples are ''-ski'' (''Ledinski, Pisanski''); ''-nik'' (''Potočnik, Kotnik, Breznik, Blatnik''), ''-c'', ''-ec'', ''-ic'', ''-ac'' (''Konc, Samec, Sajovic, Komac''), ''-ica'' (''Jurca, Hvalica''), ''-da'' (''Kenda''), and ''-ida'' (''Saksida'').
People
*
Alenka Saksida (born 1942), conductor and cultural activist
*
Igor Saksida
Igor may refer to:
People
* Igor (given name), an East Slavic given name and a list of people with the name
* Mighty Igor (1931–2002), former American professional wrestler
* Igor Volkoff, a professional wrestler from NWA All-Star Wrestling
...
(born 1965), literary historian
*
Iztok Saksida
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, sociologist
*
Kolja Saksida, actor
*
Lisa Saksida
Lisa Marie Saksida is a Canadian neuroscientist. She is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Western Ontario's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Since 2000, Saksida has worked on ...
, Canadian neuroscientist
*
Pavle Saksida Pavle (Macedonian and sr-cyr, Павле; ka, პავლე) is a Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian and Georgian male given name corresponding to English Paul; the name is of biblical origin (cf. Saint Paul).
People known mononymously as Pavle incl ...
, mathematician
*
Rudolf Saksida (1913–1984), painter
*
Teja Saksida, singer
*
Sonja Saksida
Sonia, Sonja or Sonya, a name of Greek origin meaning wisdom, may refer to:
People
* Sonia (name), a feminine given name (lists people named, Sonia, Sonja and Sonya)
:* Sonia (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films
:* Sonia ...
(born 1963), scientist, veterinarian
*
Žiga Saksida Žiga is a Slovene given name, a form of Sigmund:
*Žiga Jeglič (born 1988) Slovenian ice hockey player
* Žiga Kariž (born 1973) Slovenian painter
* Žiga Pavlin (born 1985) Slovenian ice hockey player
* Žiga Hirschler (1894–1941) Croatian com ...
, musician
[ List of Slovenian musicians List of Slovenian Musicians]
See also
*
Sachs Sachs is a German surname, meaning "man from Saxony". Sachs is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews from Saxony, in the United States sometimes adopted in the variant Zaks, supposedly in reference to the Hebrew phrase ''Zera Kodesh Shemo'' (ZaKS), ...
*
Saks (disambiguation)
*
Sacks (surname) Sacks is a German surname meaning "man from Saxony" and may refer to:
* Alan Sacks, US television producer
* Andrew Sacks, US attorney
* C. Jared Sacks, US founder of Channel Classics Records
* David O. Sacks (b. 1972), South Africa-born US intern ...
Notes
Slavic-language surnames
Slovene-language surnames
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