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n name of Soninke origin, and the meaning of Cissé is the white horse in the same language. Cahiers d'études africaines 2006 "Le nom Cissé au Mali fait partie des noms de famille maraboutiques, tout comme Touré que l'on retrouve en milieu peul, soninké, songhai et malinké." ("The name Cissé in Mali is one of a number of family names of marabout lineage, just as one finds Touré among the Fulani, Soninke, Songhai, and Mandinka.") Notable people with the surname include:


Sports

* Abdoulaye Cissé (b. 1983), Burkinabé footballer * Aboubacar Cissé (b. 1969), Ivorian footballer * Aliou Cissé (b. 1976), Senegalese footballer and coach * Amadou Cissé (b. 1985), French-Guinean footballer * Babacar Cissé (b. 1975), Senegalese basketball player * Brahima Cissé (b. 1976), Burkinabé footballer * Djibril Cissé (b. 1981), French footballer * Édouard Cissé (b. 1978), French footballer * Fousseyni Cissé (b. 1989), French footballer * Ibrahima Cissé (b. 1994), Belgian-Guinean footballer * Kalifa Cissé (b. 1984), Malian footballer * Mangué Cissé (1945–2009), Ivorian footballer * Mohamed Cissé (b. 1982), Guinean footballer * Morlaye Cissé (b. 1983), Guinean footballer * Ousmane Cissé (b. 1982), Malian basketball player * Papiss Cissé (b. 1985), Senegalese footballer * Salim Cissé (b. 1992), Guinean footballer * Sekou Cissé (b. 1985), Ivorian footballer


Others

* Abdoulkader Cissé (b. 1955) Burkinabé politician * Amadou Cissé (b. 1948), Nigerien politician, former Prime Minister of Niger (1995; 1996–97) * Boubou Cissé, Malian politician * Inna Sissoko Cissé, Malian government official * Madjiguène Cissé (1951–2023), Senegalese activis * Massata Cissé (b. 1961), Burkinabé woman, first female truck driver in West Africa * Shaykh Hassan Cissé (1945–2008), Senegalese Islamic scholar * Souleymane Cissé (1940–2025), Malian film director * Soumaïla Cissé (1949–2020), Malian politician


See also

* Cisse (disambiguation) * Ceesay (spelling variant of the same surname) *
Cissé, Vienne Cissé () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territo ...
, a French ''commune''


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cisse (surname) Surnames of Mandinka origin