Cissé
Cissé is a common West African name of Soninke origin, and the meaning of Cissé is the white horse in the same language. [1][2]
Notable people with the surname include:
Sports
[edit]- Abdoulaye Cissé (b. 1983), Burkinabé footballer
- Aboubacar Cissé (b. 1969), Ivorian footballer
- Aliou Cissé (b. 1976), Senegalese footballer and coach
- Amadou Cissé (b. 1985), French-Guinean footballer
- Babacar Cissé (b. 1975), Senegalese basketball player
- Brahima Cissé (b. 1976), Burkinabé footballer
- Djibril Cissé (b. 1981), French footballer
- Édouard Cissé (b. 1978), French footballer
- Fousseyni Cissé (b. 1989), French footballer
- Ibrahima Cissé (b. 1994), Belgian-Guinean footballer
- Kalifa Cissé (b. 1984), Malian footballer
- Mangué Cissé (1945–2009), Ivorian footballer
- Mohamed Cissé (b. 1982), Guinean footballer
- Morlaye Cissé (b. 1983), Guinean footballer
- Ousmane Cissé (b. 1982), Malian basketball player
- Papiss Cissé (b. 1985), Senegalese footballer
- Salim Cissé (b. 1992), Guinean footballer
- Sekou Cissé (b. 1985), Ivorian footballer
Other
[edit]- Abdoulkader Cissé (b. 1955) Burkinabé politician
- Amadou Cissé (b. 1948), Nigerien politician, former Prime Minister of Niger (1995; 1996–97)
- Boubou Cissé, Malian politician
- Inna Sissoko Cissé, Malian government official
- Madjiguène Cissé (1951–2023), Senegalese activis
- Massata Cissé (b. 1961), Burkinabè Woman, First female truck driver in West Africa
- Shaykh Hassan Cissé (1945-2008), Senegalese Islamic scholar
- Souleymane Cissé (b. 1940), Malian film director
- Soumaïla Cissé (1949–2020), Malian politician
See also
[edit]- Cisse (disambiguation)
- Ceesay (spelling variant of the same surname)
- Cissé, Vienne, a French commune
References
[edit]- ^ Logiques identitaires, logiques territoriales Marie-José Jolivet - 2000 - Page 133 "... du XIXe siècle, une lignée arôo fait allégeance et prend le nom Cissé (les autres lignées conservent le nom Dikko). La lignée aînée des maîtres d'eau Pamanta prend la fuite et la charge est reprise par la lignée cadette qui prête allégeance ..." ("... from the 19th century, an Aro line swore allegiance and took the name Cissé (the other lines kept the name Dikko). The elder line of the Pamanta water masters fled and their duties were assumed by the junior line, which pledged allegiance ...")
- ^ Cahiers d'études africaines 2006 "Le nom Cissé au Mali fait partie des noms de famille maraboutiques, tout comme Touré que l'on retrouve en milieu peul, soninké, songhai et malinké." ("The name Cissé in Mali is one of a number of family names of marabout lineage, just as one finds Touré among the Fulani, Soninke, Songhai, and Mandinka.")
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