What does my Polish name mean?

It's easier to just change the spelling, as one L'Sheq I know demonstrated.

I've read that that was largely a myth that name changes had other sources...

smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-did-ellis-island-officials-really-change-names-immigrants-180961544

Also here

ancestralfindings.com/changed-name-ellis-island

This is very interesting ~ does anyone know of the names Pałasz or Sekulski/Sekulska

Palasz was a kind of sabre. You can look it up on google images.
Sekulski is either derived from Sekuła - part of Siedlce now or Latin 'saeculum'.

kupaszin, is this a Polish surname? Can't find any record of it on the web

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopaszyna_coat_of_arms

There are also places called Kopaszyn.
No Kupaszin, though.

Trying to trace Kupaszin/ Kupasin surname, is this Polish?

@Polonius3
I know it has been years since you responded to my original post regarding my last name, for whatever reason I never came across the site/post again until now and found your response. I appreciate the given info! I noticed at the bottom you mentioned contacting you for more, so here I am. I cannot email/PM you because I am yet to make any posts. But if you know more or could point me in the right direction id love to find out.

Please refresh my memory. What info did you get and what else do you want to know?

Anybody have anything on the surnames ULIARZ and DZIEWIT . The names are very uncommon haven't seen them anywhere online

Probably a variant/misspelling of Uliasz which is more popular. Both probably derived from ul-beehive.
Dziewit might have been derived from David or dziewka-young woman. Anna Dziewit-Meller is a journalist.
Both have about 1000 users each.

Looking for my family history by the last name Choroszucha, Tarasiuk , Kosiorek or Wrobel.

Looking for my family history by the last name Choroszucha. If anyone out there has any info on the last names Choroszucha, Tarasiuk , Kosiorek or Wrobel. Please contact me. Thank You

Looking for family last name of Buczkowski, Zalewski , Milanowski

CHOROSZUCHA: Probably originated as a nick for a sickly person (chory=ill, unwell)
TARASIUK: Ukrainian patronymic nick meaning Taras' son
KOSIOREK: toponymic nick from localities such as Kosiory, Kosiorów, Kosiorki, etc. Possibly derived from kos (blackbird) or kosa (scythe)
WRÓBEL: sparrow; possibly a toponymic nick for someone from Wróblewo (Sparrowville)
BUCZKOWSKI: from buczek (diminutive of buk=beech); toponym from Buczków or Buczkowo (Beechville)
ZALEWSKI: topographic nick for someone living on a lagoon (zalew) or toponymic for someone from Zalewo (Lagoonville)
MILANOWSKI: toponymic nick for someone from Milanów or Milanówek; those localities were probably set up by nobles named Milanowski.

There were nobles amongst the bearers of the Kosiorek, Buczkowski, Zalewski and Milanowski surnames, More info at: research60@gmail

Probably not. Probably from Russian or Ukrainian Choroszo, which means "excellent". Quite the opposite of what you suggested.

According to Stankiewicz it's derived from chrust/chrost- brushwood with Ukrainian phonetics.

I'm going to have to agree with Stankiewicz. It's more plausible than my derivation.

I don't remember much from my Russian classes but I think good is pronounced harasho so chrust does make more sense. Anyway, it sounds Ukrainian for sure.

in Clockwork Orange it was said in English like 'horrorshow'...

It's written (with Polish orthography) choroszo (with the stress on the final o) but pronounced charaszo (since unstressed o turns into a in standard spoken Russian)

@kaprys
Thanks for this! I eventually got my answers re: the Hungarian part. Turns out they modified the spelling to retain the phonetic pronunciation they were accustomed to.

I have new questions now (although these are open to anyone) -- Do you have any knowledge of either Hudy or Myszka? I think I've seen something about Myszka meaning 'mouse' but I'm not sure if there's anything more out there, or anything about Hudy.

Thanks!

Myszka literally means Little mouse but it's probably not the origin of the name. It might be of the same origin as Kaszubian Myszk, Myszek, Miszke etc derived from the name Myślibór (literally one who thinks about fighting. Another idea is that it's derived from 'muskul, mięsień'- muscle. Apparently myszka was also used to name a horse's coat colour. That's the information I found online and all of these might be the origin of the surname.

As for Hudy, it's a misspelling of 'chudy'- 'thin'. They're pronounced in the same manner. Similarly, Chudzik and Hudzik are both used as surnames in Poland. Chudy used to also mean'poor' or 'infertile' when referred to soil/land.

Litus Surname origin

Is Litus Polish surname?

No...

It's a Ukrainian name similar to the Lemko name Lytush. Lemkos straddle the current border between Poland and Ukraine, and there are Lemkos in both countries.

@Myquest
According to what I found it may be derived from Luty (February) or its old meaning: severe, wild, cruel or freezing, cold; or from lutowac się - to struggle; or from the first name Lutobor.

Brzymyszkiewicz or Rzemieszkiewicz
Is there a meaning for these names?
They are variations used in 1800s parish records near Gniezno (Niechanowo, Brudzewo) for Brzemiałkiewicz or Brzymialkiewicz, my family name, sometimes both in the same entry, sometimes for the same person in different years. Thanks!

According to Poznań University onomastician Dr Ewa Szczodruch, such surnames go back to German names such as Brimm and Briem. Does that sound plausible?

That sounds plausible. An unfamiliar foreign name would likely be misspelled, just as Polish names are misspelled in the USA. I've also found the name Drzewiałkiewicz nearby in Trzemeszno. Again, very close, but different. Thanks!

Can anyone tell me about the surname Partynski? Was this name Americanized?

Partyński is still used in Poland. The surname is derived from 'part' -'canvas' in Old Polish or 'partac'-'weave canvas'.