What does my Polish name mean?

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Meaning of family names and possible crests

Yurkoski, I think.spelled jurkowski originally

And dorshefski

I found some info about a coat of.arms but unsure if jurkowski applies to yurkoski.

Jurkowski is okey and it comes from Jurek. It is aktually Jerzy, a very common name in Poland.
The second is Dorszewski and comes from dorsz and dorsz is a kind of fish (cod) in English.

I have never heard it used in real life or in historical books or literature.

Snowid - Old Polish masculine name , composed of the elements Sno- ("sleep") and -wid ("to see"). So it can mean "the one who sees dreams".


No sources for it as a first name. It only functioned in surnames, e.g, Poniatowski.

Any ideas on meaning of the surname PELCZAR?

A question about the family name KOSZARSKI.
Might the translation be BASKETMAKER'S SON, or something
in this neighborhood?

Sorry, it means nothing. It only sounds similar to felczer which means feldsher.

My God Father (Uncle)'s name was Walerian but as a little kid coming to Canada and wanting to use an English variant of his name like his older sister (my mom Zuzana) did he felt that Valerian in English sounded girly, so he went with Walter. I couldn't find much on this, but my mom also had issues as her first name (Janina) she mistranslated and went by the wrong name for years on her driver's license, health card, etc until just a few years ago in her 60s applying for a new Passport they had an issue. Which is odd because they never had an issue with her translation of her name before. So now legally she has one name on her Passport yet a different name on her other documents. She thought Janina translated to Jeannette because another Polish lady with the same Polish name went by that translation. According to the Passport people though it was wrong, and they would not accept it even though she went by that for over 60 years.

Could you please tell me what surname Bubrzycki means?

Beaver...ski

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SURNAME: ŻYDEK

hello I know a lot of the Żydek name comes from Andrychów Poland, but i am just looking for anymore info
thanks

What exactly do you want to know?

@Alien
hello
basically just anything to do with the name, where its from, and if anyone can locate any familoy members
my babcia had 3 sisters 2 of whom have passed and 2 brothers who we are unsure about. i believe one moved to the USA but not 100%, their names are Henryk Zydek and Tadeusz Zydek. Tadeusz had 2 children a boy and a girl, Henryk i am not sure about

Let's start with the meaning of the word Żydek. Żydek is a small or young Jew. However, the person bearing this surname does not necessarily have to be Jewish. The surname is currently rather unpopular in Poland.

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Solijan/ Soljan/ (Americanized Solian)

Hello. My great-grandmother was from Trofimowska. The surname was Soljan (sometimes spelled Solyan, Solian, Solijan). She joined a few of her brothers in the US but some stayed back. This was 1905 or so.

I am looking for any information regarding the Name.

Does anyone know the origin of the surname BERWERTZ?

Judging by the results of online surname profilers, it's an extremely rare surname. The "tz" suffix is clearly not Polish and suggests Germanic or Ashkenazi Jewish origins, but I'd really like to find out more.

Years ago, there used to be someone on here who used to post meanings of Polish surnames, but I think the thread has been deleted. I have no idea if they still use this site or not.

This was my great-grandmother's maiden name; maternal family origin is in woj. mazowieckie.

Here is the thread you are looking for
https://polishforums.com/genealogy/name-mean-83663/

I think this was the user you mentioned
https://polishforums.com/index.php?action=userinfo&user=12679

Right poster, wrong thread - that link is for this thread :-)

I haven't used this site for at least 10 years, so the thread I was thinking of must be from 2013 or earlier.

Hold on...

https://polishforums.com/genealogy/meaning-research-last-name-surname-23560/150/

This one

No problem, I had both threads open and pasted the wrong link earlier

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Name search - Kobuszewski

Hello everyone
Trying to find origin of surname
Kubushefski there must be correct spelling somewhere. The 1940 census has that spelling also. Supposedly my grandfather came to America in the early 1900 hundreds. Probably changed spelling at Ellis island. Any help would be appreciated thank you Kubu

My guess would be Kobuszewski.

He was a cool actor.

thanks for the reply. Most people think our name russian

@kenski
Has to do with white cloth mean same bialo is white sukno is cloth kenskl would be on ending like (of or from)

That's because you are Russian.

Your grandparent came in on a Russian passport - he's Russian.

Your grandparent is Russian - you are Russian.

Enjoy.

@Kubu, don't listen to Bobko - he's a RuSSian imperialist.


It's Kubuszewski.


It isn't Russian, it's a Polish surname.

Prove it.

Куйбышевский.

@Bobko, Jan Kobuszewski - died before 1874:

kielakowie.com/getperson.php?personID=I1726736&tree=tree381


That's "Kujbyszewskij". Similar, but not the same. Also, it seems to be only a place name and not a surname in RuSSia?

Not to be confused with another Jan Kobuszewski, who died in 2019...



... :)

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last name origin

Hello,
My last name is Martusewicz. Does anyone have an idea of its meaning or origin.