Sýkora (feminine: Sýkorová) is a surname of

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

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Slovak language Slovak ( ; endonym: or ), is a West Slavic language of the Czech-Slovak languages, Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script and formerly in Cyrillic script. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is ...

origin. It is related to the Polish surname Sikora. All are derived from a Slavic word for birds of the

Paridae The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute the Paridae, a family of small passerine birds which occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. Many were formerly classified in the genus ''Parus''. Eurasian and African members of this f ...

(tit) family which was used as a nickname for a small, agile person. ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' 2013, Oxford University Press
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/ref> Notable people with the surname include: * Adéla Sýkorová (born 1987), Czech sport shooter. * Fiete Sykora (born 1982), German footballer. *

Ján Sýkora Ján Sýkora (born September 14, 1990) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for HC 21 Prešov of the Slovak Extraliga. Sýkora made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Plzeň HC, hc or H/C may refer to: ...

(born 1990), Slovak ice hockey player. *

Jan Sýkora Jan Sýkora (born 29 December 1993) is a Czech former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Czech First League club Sigma Olomouc. Club career Sýkora began his professional career at Sparta Prague, but failed to make a lea ...

(born 1993), Czech footballer. * Jana Sýkorová (born 1973), Czech opera singer. *

Ken Sykora Ken Sykora (13 April 1923 – 7 March 2006), born Charles Kenneth Sykora, was an English jazz guitarist and radio presenter. Family life and education Sykora had two older sisters. He studied geography at the University of Cambridge, where ...

(1923–2006), British jazz guitarist. * Marie Sýkorová (1952–2018), Czech field hockey player. *

Michal Sýkora Michal Sýkora (born 5 July 1973) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose Sharks, Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Bay Lightning and Philadelphia Flyers. He is not related to ...

(born 1973), Czech ice hockey player. * Peter Sykora (born 1946), German footballer. *

Petr Sýkora Petr Sýkora (; born November 19, 1976) is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Pengu ...

(born 1976), Czech ice hockey player. *

(born 1978), Czech ice hockey player. *

Stacy Sykora Stacy Denise Sykora (born June 24, 1977) is an American retired volleyball player. She was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M University and she competed in both the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Olympics as par ...

(born 1977), American volleyball player. *

Thomas Sykora Thomas Sykora (born 18 May 1968) is a former alpine skier from Austria. Biography Thomas comes from a sporting family: his father Ernst Sykora was a ski instructor, and his aunts Liese Prokop and Maria Sykora were both successful athletes. H ...

(born 1968), Austrian alpine skier. *

Tibor Sýkora Tibor Sýkora (born 18 September 1938) is a former Czechoslovak slalom canoeist of Slovak nationality who competed in the 1960s. He won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the 1961 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Hainsberg. He also fini ...

(born 1938), Czech slalom canoeist. *

Tom Sykora Tom Sykora (born August 6, 1946) is a Wisconsin legislator and business owner. Born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Sykora is a business owner and Vietnam War veteran. Sykora was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1994. Sykora served in t ...

(born 1946), American politician. *

Travis Sykora Travis Alvin Sykora (born April 28, 2004) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization. Career Sykora attended Round Rock High School in Round Rock, Texas. He was selected by the Washington Nationals in t ...

(born 2004), American baseball player. *

Zdeněk Sýkora Zdeněk Sýkora (February 3, 1920 – July 12, 2011) was a Czechoslovakian Modernism, modern abstract art, abstract painter and sculptor, and a pioneer of using computers in art. Early life Sýkora was born and died in Louny, Czechoslovakia. Hi ...

(1920–2011), Czech artist.

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