Cetina
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English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Cetina.
Proper noun
Cetina
Etymology 2
Three possible origins:
- Borrowed from Spanish Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Aragona.
- Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Croatia or from the river which flows by it.
- Borrowed from Slovene Četina, a nickname for a hairy or bearded man, from a dialect form of ščetina (“bristle”).
Proper noun
Cetina (plural Cetinas)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cetina is the 40672nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Cetina is most common among Hispanic/Latino (80.45%) and White (19.18%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cetina”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 313.