Thanksgiving Day is an annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. In the US Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November while in Canada nearly one month and a half earlier (second Monday of October).
Last name origins & meanings: 1  Polish and Jewish (from Poland): from Polish sikora âtitmouseâ, âcoalmouseâ, hence a nickname for a small, dark person, or, in the case of the Jewish name, an ornamental name. 2  Jewish (from Poland): habitational name from any of the villages called Sikory.
Scottish and English: from Middle English swan âswanâ, hence a nickname for a person noted for purity or excellence (which were taken to be attributes of the swan), or resembling a swan in some other way.This was also an Old Norse and Old English personal name, from which the surname may be derived.In some cases it may be a habitational name for someone who lived at a house with the sign of a swan.variant of English Swain.Americanized form of German Schwan.Americanized form of Norwegian Sveen or Swedish Swahn.cottish and English: from Middle English swan âswanâ, hence a nickname for a person noted for purity or excellence (which were taken to be attributes of the swan), or resembling a swan in some other way.