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'''Sikorski''' (feminine: '''Sikorska''', plural: '''Sikorscy''') is a [[Polish-language surname]]. It belongs to several noble [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] families, see {{ill|Sikorski families|pl|Sicorscy}}. Variants (via other languages) include [[Sikorsky (disambiguation)|Sikorsky]], [[Sikorskyi]], Sikorskiy, and Shikorsky.
There are several possible origins of the surname. It may originate from the numerous Polish locations named [[Sikory (disambiguation)|Sikory]] and literally it is an adjective meaning "of Sikory"/"from Sikory". Other possible locations of origin include Sikorzyn, Sikorz, Sikorze, Sikorycze.<ref>''Dictionary of American Family Names'', 2013, Oxford University Press, as cited in [https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=sikorski Sikorski Family History]</ref> Still another origin is from the nickname ''[[wikt:sikora|Sikora]]'', with the main meaning [[tit (bird)|"tit"]] (bird) and several figurative meanings in Polish.<ref>[http://genezanazwisk.pl/content/sikorski Sikorski]</ref>
Notable people with this surname include:
* [[Ada Fighiera Sikorska]], Polish Esperantist
* [[Aleksandra Sikorska]], Polish volleyball player
* [[Andrzej Sikorski]] (born 1961), Polish cyclist
* [[Bobo Sikorski]] (1927 – 2014), Canadian football player
* [[Brian Sikorski]] (born 1974), American baseball player
* [[Daniel Sikorski]] (born 1987), Austrian footballer
* [[Franciszek Sikorski]] (1889-1940), Polish engineer and general
* [[Gerry Sikorski]], American politician and lawyer
* Hans Sikorski, the founder of [[Hans Sikorski]], music publishing house in Hamburg, Germany
* [[Igor Sikorski (skier)]], German-born Polish male paralympic alpine skier
* [[Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky]], a Ukrainian-born pioneer in helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft; founder of [[Sikorsky Aircraft]] in Stratford, Connecticut
* [[Jerzy Sikorski]] (born 1935), Polish historian and writer
* [[Jolanta Sikorska-Kulesza]] (born 1957), Polish historian
* [[Kazimierz Sikorski]] (1895-1986), Polish composer
* [[Kenneth Sikorski]] (born 1959 or 1960), American-born Finnish blogger
* [[Krystian Sikorski]], Polish ice hockey player
* [[Radosław Sikorski]] (born 1963), Polish politician and statesman
* [[Roman Sikorski]] (1920–1983), Polish mathematician
* [[Tomasz Sikorski]] (1939 – 1988), Polish composer and pianist
* [[Władysław Sikorski]] (1881–1943), Polish general and Prime Minister in exile during World War II
;Fictional characters:
* [[Rudolf Sikorski]], fictional character in several Strugatskys' novels
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