Laska is a surname with multiple origins. Variations include:
- Czech/Slovak: Láska (feminine: Lásková)
- Czech/Slovak: Laška (feminine: Lašková)
- Polish: Łaska
People
Laska
- Pashk Laska (born 1948), Albanian businessman
- Susie Laska (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
Łaska
If adjectival, Łaska serves as the feminine form of Łaski. Otherwise, it may be masculine or feminine.
- Beata Łaska z Kościeleckich (1515–1576), Polish noblewoman
- Katarzyna Łaska (born 1979), Polish singer
Láska, Lásková
- Dominika Lásková (born 1996), Czech ice hockey player
- Leona Lásková (born 1970), Czech tennis player
- Václav Láska (disambiguation), multiple Czech individuals
References
- "Laska Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
Approximately 5,882 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States. Highest density in: Albania
- "Laska Name Meaning". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
Polish (also Laska) and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Polish laska, 'grace', 'favor', or from a homonym meaning 'weasel'. As a Polish name, this is a nickname; as a Jewish name it is generally ornamental. Polish: from laska 'stick', 'walking stick', metaphorically a nickname for a tall, thin man. Czech (Moravian; Laška): from a pet form of Lád, a short form of the personal name (V)ladislav (see Laszlo). Czech and Slovak (Láska): nickname from láska 'love'. Hungarian: from the Slavic loanword laska 'pastry' (probably a metathesized form of Slovak lokša or Ukrainian lóksa), hence a metonymic occupational name for a pastry cook. In Hungarian laska also denotes a type of mushroom, and in some cases the surname may have arisen as a nickname from this sense.
See also
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