Pliska Family History
Pliska Name Meaning
Czech (rarely Plíska): from dialect pliska ‘wagtail’ a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird in some way. Czech (Plíška): nickname for a bald man from a diminutive of pleš ‘bald patch’. Altered form of Polish Pliszka: from pliszka ‘wagtail’ a cognate of 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022