THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME?

How about Zabrowski? That is the other side of my family.

ŻĄBROWSKI: -owski surnames are usually toponymic so it would have derived from a hamlet, village or estate called Żąbrów or Żąbrowo; root-word żąbr (archaic/regional for żubr = bison).

GRYGORCZUK: Ruthenian patronymic nick from Grygori (British Isles equiv. = Gregson or McGregor; ethnic Polish equiavlent = Grzegorczyk).

how about Herke?

I'd assumed German, until I read "Most if not all German surnames ending in -ke (Lipke, Bromke, Zemke, etc.) are probably of Polish, Wendish or Czech origin."

Herke might ba a German rendering of herka or hyrka, dialectic Polish for squirrel (normal Polish: wiewiórka). Interestingly, it was common in areas under German cultural influence (Pomerania, Wielkopolska, Silesia and derived from Eichhörnchen (German for squirrel).

Does anyone know anything meaning or origin of the name Broszkiewicz

Broszkiewicz looks like having an origin in broszka a proper noun for brooch or it is a toponymic from
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broszk%C3%B3w
Broszków, Broszkowo, Broszkowa.
Ending -ewicz is composed of 2 parts: -iew which is alternate form of -ow (which - as you may know - is a classical form of creating derivative words from nouns in Polish).

and -icz which formally is considered as patronymic (from Eastern part of Poland).
West Polish equivalent could sound like Broszkowski.

There is 770 persons with this name in Poland.

There were also 2 writers of this name:
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Broszkiewicz]Jerzy Broszkiewicz
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Broszkiewicz]Stanisław Broszkiewicz


Kashubian and Polish are very similar but in this case it is evidently Polish.
Kashubian words for laska cane or walking stick are:
palëca, krëcziew, palëga, karkulëca, dębówka, kramólc, krokulc, palcôter.
Quite different, isn't it?

Laska looks like a moniker for a tall and slender guy. By the way laska was a name for old measure of length. It equaled 15 ells ie. circa 8,9 meters.

PĘCZYŃSKI: from pęczyna (lump of soil, kind of plant) or toponymic nick from Pęczyny.

is Backowski a polish surname? if so is there different spellings?

BACKOWSKI: Yes, this is a Polish surname. It is the masurianised* version of Baczkowski, a toponymic nick for someone from Baczki or Baczków (Sideburnville). There are more than 500 Baczkowskis in Poland but only 11 Backowskis.

* Masurianisation (mazurzenie) is the tendency in some regional and local peasant dialects to pronounce the cz, sz and ż as c, s and z respectively. Czochrać becomes cochrać, szopa > sopa and żaba > zaba.

What does Kluzniak means?

KLU-NIAK: A possible source was the archaic Polish word "kluza" or "kloza" (from Latin clausa via German Klause) for an insane asylum, a place of incarcertation for madmen. An inmate might have been called a kluziarz, kluzik or kluziak and his son could have got nicknamed Kluźniak. But not to worry! That probably occurred many, many generations ago, so the insanity gene has most likely been greatly diluted since then.

Kudła

Andracka

Podsiadło

Zatoroski

Kaminski

...that's all i've got =)

Hey Polonius3 I'd just like to now where you get your information about surnames from, if anywhere. Id just like to do some of my own research about my last name Jadczak. My Father said that it had been changed when the Russians came in 1945 which seems to be true as I cant find anything predating that. Also Koc from my Mothers side seems to be surname without much history.

Kudła - shaggy-haired

Andracki - from pet form of Andrzej; possibly double patronymic: dziadek was Andzej/Andruś, son was Andrak and grandson got nicknamed Andracki???? (Andy's lad)

Podsiadło - from old verb podsiadać (to knock somebody out of a good position and take it over); usurper???

Zatorowski - toponymic nick from Zator (log jam, ice jam), Zatory, Zatiorowizna

Kaminski - toponymic nikc friom one of many localities called Kamień (Stoneville, Rockton)

Jadczak - from Jadam, regional dialectic version of Adam as in 'Jadam i Jewa', hence patronymic nick = Adamson.

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origin or meaning of the names wegrzynski mostowski

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CAN ANYONE HELP WITH INFORMATION ON MEANING AND ORIGINS OF MY SURNAME? FATHER WAS A POLISH SOLDIER STATIONED IN UK INWW2.HE WAS BORN IN POSADOWO, POZNAN REGION IN 1920. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY HELP. DZIEKUJE.KASIA.

Does anyone know anything on the last name: MI£KOWSKA?

or if anyone knows of any other interesting polish last name facts please share your knowledge. thanks you!

from where would Kudła, Andracka, Podsiadło, Zatoroski and Kaminski come from though ? because we heard that the last name 'Andracka' is from the italian nation (a looong long long ! time ago) and we are trying to figure it out . oh and by the way, thankyou !

Any ideas/help on the following surnames:

Wydmański/a
Adamuśiak
Plewczyński

Thanks

Wydmański: toponymic nick from Wydma (Dunes, Duneville)
Adamuśiak: patronymic nick from pet form fo Adam - Adamuś
Plewczyński: probably toponymic nick from Plewki or the Masurian-pronoucned Plewcewice (Chaffsonville)

MI£KOWSKI: toponymic nick from Miłkowo or Miłków (Niceville, Pleasantville)

my grandparents came to america around 1905 would appreciate learning of the origin of their names wegrzynski mostowski many thanks

WĘGRZYŃSKI: root-word Węgry (Hungary); possibly from Hunagrian tokay wine (węgrzyn in Polish) or toponymic nick from WęGrzyn, Węgrzynowo, Węgrzynów (Hungaryville, Hungarian Woods, etc.)

MOSTOWSKI: root-word most (bridge), toponymic nick from Mostów or Mostowo (Bridgeton, Bridgeville, Bridgeport)

You've said the Jaraszkiewiczs were from Posadowo. And they are stiil there as you may see on the map here: moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/jaraszkiewicz.html.

The name could be a toponymic from a village name Jaraszki or Jaryszki
maps.google.pl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=pl&q=Jaryszki,+62-023,+Pozna%C5%84ski,+Wielkopolskie&sll=52.495323,16.651154&sspn=0.300156,0.878906&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FRWLHgMdW6cDAQ&split=0&hq=&hnear=Jaryszki&ll=52.409121,16.87088&spn=0.402113,0.883026& z=10&iwloc=A

And the village is probably patronymic from given name Jaras, which is augmentative from Jarosław, very popular Polish first name.

moakowski has anybody even heard of this name , it's on my great grand father birt certificate.

Moakowski no, Noakowski yes, Mosakowski yes.

Most likely a case of miscopying. The old hand-wrtitten documents with their fancy caligraphy, additionallyy sometimes faded and crunmbling, were easily misread and miscopied. As an (un)educated guess: it probably was Noakowski originally.

thank you that could very well be it noakowski, if so wkat does the two names you said mean, thank you.

NOAKOWSKI: rare variant spelling of Nowakowski - toponymic nick for someone from Nowaków or Nowakowo (Newton, Newville, Newbury, Newport)

MOSAKOWSKI: toponymic nick for someone from Mosaki; meaning uncertain; possibly derived from Mosiek (pet form of Jewish name Mojżesz)

what about Żuromski ?

does anyone know perkowski i cant find coat of arms and people say ski is higher class but iam not sure anyhelp pls?