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

If you have any info regarding last name "Cichowska". thanks

It refers to 'quiet' :) :)

not far of the mark!

CICHOWSKI: toponymic nick from Cichów or Cichowo (Quietburg, Silentville)

Above credited to Polonius3

Thanks, Vincent. I think that's what the poster needed to know.

CICHOWSKI: root-word cichy (quiet, silent); topo nick from Ciche, Cichów or Cichowo (Silentville, Quietburg, etc.).

Merged: Czaban

Dear Sir or Madam,
Is the surname Czaban Polish, Arabic, or Jewish (mizrahim)?
The reason why I ask, is my great grandfather's sister was married to Czaban.
Thankyou, Rob

Not sure but I once knew a Czuban and she is Polish.

This may mean nothing but you might want to know this:


pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czaban

The inhabitants of the city of Chrzanów, Małopolskie Province, are still jokingly called "czabans", as Chrzanów and surrounding villages used to be inhabited by immigrant czabans - deriving their origin from the shepherds (herdsmen) who came to the lands of Little Poland, together with Tatar invasion in 1241.

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me with these surnames.

Goj
Dziedzic
Kziel
Walowa

KZIEL: ??? No name currently used in Poland starts with the ‘kz’ combination. Could it have been misspelt or shortened. The closest are such names as Kizioł (endearing for kitty or colt/baby horse), Kisiel (starchy jelly) or Ksien (form Russian woman’s first name Xenia). l

WA£OWA: possibly feminine form of Wał (dyke, rampart).

GOJ: gentile, non-Jew

DZIEDZIC: squire, heir, nobleman

Thank you, and ah yes I had a feel that one was misspell but wasn't too sure.

Is the name Baines Polish,British or something else?
THANKS

It is a Lancashire name as this map shows.
surname.sofeminine.co.uk/w/surnames/surname-baines.html


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Unless of course it was changed from something else, like Banaszek or Banaś, in order to anglicise it.

Merged: The Name ZLOTNIK, or Zotnick

I have a friend whose forbears came to England from Poland in the 1880 period. They were Jewish. He has tried researching his name and finding his forbears Polish history. All I know is his name might mean: GOLDSMITH, is this correct and can a native Polish person throw any light on this name and its correct Polish spelling? or suggest a research line of thought? with just this name to go on.

Z£OTNIK: goldsmith it is; most often used by those of Jewish ancestry like others related to the jeweller's trade: Rubin, Srebro, Diamant, Bursztyn, Perła, etc.

Just found my gg grandmother and her children on a ship manifest. Lists her family name as Tuburska - is that a proper polish name. Also lists the place of last residence as Szantoro, Szantovo, or possibly Szantowo - anyone know of a town with a name like this?

Among her children is Leokadya - any English equivalent for this?

TUBURSKI: probably a patronymic nick from the old first name Tyburcjusz or Tuburcy (form Latin Tiburtius). Leokadia (originally from Greek meaning 'caring for people') became popular in Poland in the 19th century via French literature. It has equivalents in European continental languages but not in English. Sometimes Lydia is incorrectly used in English as a pseudo-equivalent.

What about Cwenar and Zaremba and Wojciechowski??

Dzietror

It's similar to the town "Dzierżoniów" in Poland and "Dziennik Polski" (Polish newspaper). I've always wanted to know where my historical roots led to . . .

CWENAR: Variant form of Świniarz, Swiniar, Swynar, etc. (swineherd - a boy watching over foraging pigs so they don't damage crops, run away or get stolen.

ZAREMBA/ZARĘBA: root-word - verb zarąbać (hack to pieces); probably originated as topo nick from Zaręby (Hackerville?).

WOJCIECHOWSKI: Topo nick from Wojciechów or Wojciechowo (Adlaberton, Albertville); Wojciech = Adalbert.

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RIABIŃSKI: From East Slavonic рябинa (mountain ash tree; Polish jarzębina); probably topo nick from some locality incorporating that root.

BODNAR: Ukrainian for cooper (Polish: bednarz).

KRZYSZCZUK: patronymic nick from, Krzysztof (Christopherson); eastern (-czuk) ending) but indigenously Polish root (Krzysz-); if it were pure Ukrainian it should be Kryszczuk.

GACEK:f rom peasant term for bat/flying rodent (nietoperz in standard Polish).

[Moved from]: Julka surname

Looking for any information on Polish surname Julka. Walenty Julka immigrated to the United States in 1872 or 73. Wife's name was Agnes.

JULKA: probably derived from first names Julian or Juliusz, esp. their pet form Julek. Or possibly from Julka, the pet form of Juliana, for the out-of-wedlock bastard child borne by the village flłoouzy Julia. Neither can the toponymic option be ruled out: Julków, Julkowo Julianka and similar.

is Pawluk Polish?

PAWLUK: The -uk ending is Ruthenian (indigenously Polish would be Pawlak), but that does not mean the bearer of the Pawluk surname isn't Polish. Especially in the border areas of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the occupation zones (partitions) that followed from the late 18th century, a great many different things happened to surnames. A pure-blooded Ukrainian might be called Pawlak and an ethnic Pole -- Pawluk, etc.

well i got one that i havent seen around , cieszko and my family debates weather it was Cieszkoski

and Cieszko is pernounced ch-esz-ko heavy on the Z

CIESZKOWSKI: toponymic tag for an inhabitant of Cieszków or Cieszkowo.
Cieszko would be pronounced CHESH-ko (roughly).

is Cieszkowski a very common name ?

CIESZKOWSKI: About 1,400 users in today's Poland, so not very common but also not rare. Two major bastions are Greater Warsaw and SE Poland's Tarnobrzeg area.

Now there are 8 people with name Julka in Poland.
5 in town Kartuzy and 3 in Pila.

My family tree has a Symanski and a Cymanski. Do these both have the same origins?