Cissé is a common West African name of Soninke origin, and the meaning of Cissé is the white horse in the same language. . Notable people with the surname include: Sports 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 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 (b. 1951), Senegalese activist Shaykh Hassan Cissé (1945-2008), Senegalese Islamic scholar Souleymane Cissé (b. 1940), Malian film director Soumaïla Cissé (b. 1949), Malian politician See also Cisse (disambiguation) Ceesay (spelling variant of the same surname) Cissé, Vienne, a French commune References Mandinka surnames