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Hallo!

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Sirkka derives from the Finnish word "sirkku" (bunting [bird]).

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As a first name it derives from the fairy tale "Prinsessa Lumisirkku ja kääpiöt" = 'Princess Snow-bunting and the dwarfs', which was the original title for the fairy tale "Snow-white" in Finland. Later the name of the girl in the fairy tale changed from Lumisirkku to Lumikki.

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Sirkka kommt vom finnischen Wort "sirkku" (Ammer [Vogel]).

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Als Vorname stammt er vom Märchen "Prinsessa Lumisirkku ja kääpiöt" = 'Prinzessin Schneeammer und die Zwerge', dem Originaltitel des Märchens "Schneewittchen und die 7 Zwerge" in Finnland. Später wurde der Name des Mädchens im Märchen in Finnland von Lumisirkku in Lumikki verändert.

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Regards,
Viele Grüße
Satu

This message was edited 5/5/2005, 11:21 AM

I found that this Finnish female name is identical to the word sirkka in Finnish for the cricket, as can be seen here:
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/sirkka
(The word is onomatopoetic i.e. hints at the noise that the insects make.)

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But whether the name and the word are really identical and not only written in the same way by chance, possibly with a completely different etymology for the name, did not become clear.

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Rene

This message was edited 5/4/2005, 11:25 PM