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

My last name is Slagowski. Anyone know the meaning of that root? Thanks.

Well the word "nowy" means new, so Nowik would probably mean something along the lines of "new man" or "new person"

Don't know what "Serok" means, sorry

SLAGOWSKI: variant of Szlagowski and Ślagowski, dervied from Old Polish word Szlaga or Ślaga (petty nobleman).

Serok, is derived from (sroka) in English magpie.

Meaning of the following two names would be appreciated...

Odziemkowski
Calinski

Thanks in advance.

What does Podgurski mean

PODGURSKI - CALIŃSKI - ODZIEMKOWSKI

PODGURSKI: from pod (under) and góra (hill); probably originated as a topograohic nick for someone living at the foot of a hill or a toponymic tag for an inhabitant of Podgórze. The Podgurski spelling was either illiterate (in the Old Country) or phonetic (in the New World).

CALIŃSKI: probably from cały (whole, entrie) or cal (inch).

ODZIEMKOWSKI: from odziomek (the part of a tree just above ground level); quite likely a toponymic tag for someone from a village incorporating that root.

Merged: last name Nyc

I'm hoping someone can help me. I am trying to help my grandmother find an answer to something that has puzzled her for years. her family emigrated to the USA in the late 1800s, and she hasn't had any success in finding information on her heritage. her family surname is Nyc. can anyone help me with any information about her name? Anything would be helpful!

NYC: Along with Nych, Nycz and others was derived from the first name Nikołaj or Nykołaj (Nicholas), now Mikołaj.

Grusoski?? Don't know if this spelling has been altered.

GRUSZOWSKI: this was probably the original spelling. It is a toponymic tag for someone from Gruszów or Gruszowo (Pearwod, Pearville, etc.).

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i forgot the k --gruskoski. probably the same though.

GRUSZKOWSKI: comes from gruszka pear whislt grusza is from pear-tree; probably from Gruszków or Gruszkowo (Pearton, Pearmont, Pearbury).

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Doesn't "o" actually indicate a Jewish surname? i.e., for a Yiddish (Jidisz) suffix such as in "Daniłowicz"? At least as opposed to "-czyk", it did.

Interestingly, the imperfective form of the verb gruchać means to coo, but the perfective form gruchnąć is far more violent and can mean to blast, crack, burst forth, etc. The latter could apply to the blast of a tuba, the eruption of a rumour, the firing of a rifle, etc.

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I was referring to the inserted 'o' in words such as włodarz forming wołodarz.
The use of 'o' or 'e' in -wicz ending names is largely determined by the preceding consonant sound. So we have Daniłowicz but Maniszewicz (as in Manischewitz wine).

The -wicz (whether spelt -wicz, -vich, -vitch,-witz, -вич, etc.) is a Slavic ending which Yiddish speakers adopted. If they had wanted to keep things authentically Jewish they would have used the ben Daniyell (son of Daniel) version which they mostly abandoned in the European diaspora.

[Moved from]: Grintsevich or Gryntsevich - where does this name come from?

hi ive been looking for the origin country of the surname grintsevich or gryntsevich.
so i was told that this surname might be from poland, im not quite sure if its right, so maybe you could help me?

thank you!

the ending icz (ich or similar, in english) indicates a rather popular surname ending in Poland stemming from Belarus. Grin..... sound like german gruen (green). So possibly your family is of Jewish stock stemming from north eastern Polan. Just a guess!

There exists sush surname Gryncewicz in Poland.

Could i please get the meaning of these two last names Cygan and Shemkovitz thank you.

CYGAN: Gipsy

SZEMKOWICZ: Patronymic tag from Szemek, one of many pet forms of Szymon, hence Simonson.

My grandmother name was Maryanna Bil (Biel) and her father, my grandfather, was Jakub Bil (Biel). They were from Bykowce house #59. Could Michal be related to my relative?

BIL/BIEL: One cannot rule out that possibility. On the other hand, it might be pure coincidence. Bil is the more eastern (Ruthenian) version, Biel is typcially Polish. Both mean whiteness so they might be compared to such English surnames as Whitely, Whithing, Whitman, etc.


KUMIEC: from Old Polish word for godfather -- kum.

KOLIADA: Ruthenian vetrsion of kolęda (Christmas gift, carol). In Lithuanian the same root has produced the word for Christmas itself: Kalėdos.

SOKO£OWICZ: Patronymic nick for 'the son of Sokół' (Falconson).

Looking for the meaning of Czaszwicz and a possible family origin in Poland

I could only find Czaszewicz and Czeszewicz. Could a vowel have t dropped out of the Czaszwicz surname you submitted?

Yes I think the first spelling is propobly the correct version

CZASZEWICZ: The -wicz is definitely a patronymic ending. The Old Polish word czasza meant a goblet or chalice, so when someone with that nickanme fathered a son -we got Czaszewicz (son of Czasza).

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Thank you! any ideas where the family is from or how to find out. My grandfather immigrated prior to WW1 and was naturalized in 1918 after serving in WW1.

Thanks in advance.

Although the name has been recorded, mesning that it had been used in the past, unfortunately not a single person in today's Poland uses it. It is therefore impossible for me at least to say anything about its distirbution or possible pointn of origin. Perhasp this genealogist may be able to help you:

office@pol gen research

Thank You!

I have a family name of Babjak. They came from Slovakia, from an area between Presov and Kosice. I was told by some Polish friends that the name is of Polish origin, but I am also seeing online that it could be Ukrainian (Ruthenian, Rusyn, etc.). Do you have any opinions on the likelihood of the name being Polish or it being Ukrainian? In the US, the family belonged to a Slovak Catholic church.