Saksida
# Saksida

Saksida is a Slovenian surname that has been adapted to its Slavic form from the original German name Saks. The root is Sachsen, which means 'one from Saxony', and among other variant forms it includes Sachs, Sacks, and Saks.

## Name etymology

According to the Slovene linguist Silvo Torkar in Slovenia there is a common group of suffixes that are added to the end of surnames that create a Slovene identity; some examples are -ski (Ledinski, Pisanski); -nik (Potočnik, Kotnik, Breznik, Blatnik), -c, -ec, -ic, -ac (Konc, Samec, Sajovic, Komac), -ica (Jurca, Hvalica), -da (Kenda), and -ida (Saksida).

## People

* Alenka Saksida (born 1942), conductor and cultural activist
* Igor Saksida (born 1965), literary historian
* Iztok Saksida, sociologist
* Kolja Saksida, actor
* Lisa Saksida, Canadian neuroscientist
* Pavle Saksida, mathematician
* Rudolf Saksida (1913–1984), painter
* Teja Saksida, singer
* Sonja Saksida (born 1963), scientist, veterinarian
* Žiga Saksida, musician
