Laska (surname) explained

Laska is a surname with multiple origins.^{[1] [2]} 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laska Surname . 2022-03-09. forebears.io . Approximately 5,882 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States. Highest density in: Albania.
2. Web site: Laska Name Meaning . 2022-03-09. forebears.io . 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..