Slivka Family History

Slovak: from slivka ‘plum’ hence an occupational name for a grower or seller of plums. This surname is also found in Czechia. Compare Slifka Slifko Sliva and 2 below.

Ukrainian Rusyn Belorussian and Jewish (from Belarus and Ukraine): from a diminutive of Ukrainian and Rusyn slyva (Russian-oriented transliteration sliva) Belorussian sliva ‘plum’ (see Sliva). As a Rusyn surname it is also found in Slovakia (compare 1 above).

As a Jewish name it is either an occupational name for a grower or seller of plums or an artificial name. Jewish (from Belarus): habitational name from a village called Slivka or for someone who lived by the Slivka river in Belarus.