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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (also Zíka) : from a short form of the personal name Zikmund, Czech form of Siegmund.
  • Greek (Zikas) : from a pet form Zikas, of the male personal name Zissis, an omen name from the phrase na zissis ‘may he live’, given to a male child born after the death of an elder brother.

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