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

Know something about Ignałius S. Szymanski (1806-1874)

SZYMAŃSKI: An extremely popular Polish surname which originated as a topo nick from places such as Szymany, Szymanów and similar (roughly translatable as Simonville).

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I want a History of Felsenstein Family from Jaroslaw

FELZENSZTEJN: This is the Polonised sepllign of the German/Yiddish name Felsenstein. It means 'rock stone'. Only one person in Poland uses it and lives in Wrocław.

The meaning of Dargiewicz which was my mother's maiden name.

Could it be from the Scottish 'Dargie'? Any Scottish connections?

It would be nice to know the meanings of my family's surnames: Bartkowiak and Martinski.

I have once heard that Bartkowiak is just a Polish version of the name Bartholomew, but I don't remember where I heard that. A local library genealogy book listed Bartkowiak to mean "battle ax". After reading the various ways surnames were constructed on this site and a few others, I'm now pretty sure both of these interpretations are false.

As for Martinski, I haven't found anything on the meaning of this surname.

Also, is it possible to suggest where in Poland that these two surnames might originate from? It would give me a clue as to where to start looking for family history records.

Thanks for your help.
Seofon

BARTKOWIAK: patronymic nick meaning "Bartek's son (Bart's kid).

MARTINSKI? In Polish it would have to be Marciński. The Czech spelling would be Martinský. This probably also originated as a patronymic tag, English equivalent: Martinson.

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Karczewski ?

'coming from Karczew' - guessing from the name form Karczew must be in Masovia or Bigger Poland (Wielkopolska) - I'm pretty sure you can find an entry on 'Karczew' in Polish wikipedia (if not in English) (aha there actually could be or could have been a couple of Karczews in Poland some may be in the present day Ukraine or Belarus)

Thank you :-)

What about Feliks?

FELIKS: from Latin felix (happy, joyous). The first name Feliks as well as its polonised equivalent Szczęsny are encountered in Poland, and both have also been used as surnames.

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Any idea of the meaning or history of the name Brach and Prus please?

BRACH: topo nick froim places such as Brachów, Barcholin or similar or derived from the old first name Bratumił. To this day in Polish slang the term brachu (bro) is used.

PRUS: nationality tag (Prussian) or topo nick from numerous localities inlcuding Prusy, Prusinów, Prusak, Prusocin, etc.

My Grandmother's last name is spelled Tywoshewska. She said she was from Tarnopol "a little village outside of Krakow". She died in 1992. I have found transcripts, marriage license from Germany (was brought by nazis). Is Tywoshewska a real name? Her german marriage license also has in parentheses the name Tynoshenko. I am really confused.

It probably should have been Tymoszewska, a toponymic tag from several localities called Tymoszewka and similar in what is now Ukraine. Tymoszenko is also possible, in fact that is the name of the former Ukrianian prime minister, 'the divine Julia', now under arrest on corrutpion/mismanagement charges.

Tarnopol is not some little village outside Krakow, in fact it’s a town in today’s Ukraine. Before WWII it was a far south eastern Voivodship in Poland. Given all that I would go with Tynoshenko, better yet Tymoszenko (Тимошенко) as in Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko a former Prime Minister of Ukraine.

I know of that Tarnopol. Why would she tell my mom that she was born near Krakow? Her deportation (US) testimony was in Polish and translated by a polish translator. She spelled it "t y w o s c h e w s k a" on the transcript. Was it pronounced Tivoshevska?

There is also a Tarnopol in Podlasie and may be or have been others, since merged, renamed or defunct.
Tywoszewska was probably the way someone misread and consequently misspelt the name, taking thw 'm' for a 'w'. Did you ever hear her pronounce Tyvoshevska?

No, She never told me that. I got it from INS records that were transcripts from her deportation case. Her responses were translated by a polish translator. I also got the spelling from a German Burgermaster that married her and my grandfather in 1948 in Frankfurt. It is spelled that way on the German marriage certificate.

Also, she spelled it tywoschewska herself. Her mother's name was Kaschawz.

Hajec (or possibly Chajec) (pronounced "Hai-yets," correct?)

Mackowiak or Machowiak

Jedrzyczyk (does it mean son of Jedrzy?)

Dridolura/Dudara/Driadura/Driadzna/Dziadura/Driadnza ...something like that :-)

Kimber

CHAJEC: (ptronounced HA-yets) probably from obsolete verb chajać (to mope about as if aimlessly seeking something), ergo 'the moper'.

MAĆKOWIAK/MACHOWIAK: both originated as patronymic tags and both trace back to such first names as Maciej/Maciek, (the now obsolete) Matyjasz, Mateusz, possibly even Marcin.

JĘDRZYCZYK: More common is Jędzryjczyk or Jędrzejczyk = son of Jędrzej (a variant form of Andrzej)

DZIADURA: pejorative augmentative for dziad (homeless old beggar), heightening it emotively to mean something like good-for-nothing, flea-bitten old beggarman.
The other forms (Dridolura/Driadura/Driadzna/Driadnza) listed probably reflect an American misreading of the lower-case 'z' in Polish script which they take for an 'r'.

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I'm new to the PolishForums~ Please forgive me if I seem stupid.

Does my last name have any significance? Roszkowski

ROSZKOWSKI: toponymic nick from some of the many localities in Poland called Roszki, Roszków or Roszkowo; those settlemertns, whose names mean something like Rocco's place, Rocco's holding or maybe Roccoville, were apparently set up by someone named Roszko, Roszek (from Roch or Rościsław).

Thank you Polonius :)

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What is the meaning of the last name Przepierski?

PRZEPIERSKI: probably from przepierka (quick laundry of soiled linens).

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More likely the root is przepiora, przepierzyca in old Polish now known as przepiórka, in English Quail.

my name is cory trojanowski and would love to have any information pertaining to my surname including family origin, meaning, coat of arms or any other information you may have . thank you so much it is greatly apreciated!