Polish Romani (gypsy) surnames

My grandmothers' maiden name was Mischewski. I have been told by my aunt that we come from a long line of gypsies. Can anyone shed some light on this, please?

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My last name is Cygan, assuming that means Gypsy in Polish, what are the probabilities that I have Roma blood? Also, I have seen some people mention DNA testing -- I have never seen a DNA test that would qualify a separate Roma DNA -- most can only state "Eastern European" so I am dubious. What DNA test reveals Roma ancestry?

Been told that my family name 'Pajdo' might well be of Roma origins.

If your last name is Cygan then your ancestors were either Gypsies or the people around your ancestors at the time either thought they were or behaved like Gypsies.

Cygan,or variations of it means Gypsy in many languages.

Most likely, at least on one side of the family.

Could the surname Kukal be gypsy? Great grandmother was from Prague. Correction, great, great grandmother

Is the Name Bartog a gypsy name.

It's a Hungarian surname, a variant on Bartok


There are some Roma with that name.

My grandmother was born in Poland and her maiden name was Samul, which the family changed to Samuel when they moved to the US. She oftentimes told stories of her family traveling throughout eastern Europe with a horse and cart and my great grandfather would rip people off at card games, etc. She also read palms, tea leaves, etc. Wondering if they were gypsies. The surname Samul seems unusual for Poland.

Just out of curiousity, might "Lula" also be a Romani surname?

My Polish mother surname was Baba, and my grandmother always told me that my grandfather was gypsy origin.
Can anyone tell me if this surname is related to gypsy family? Thank you for any information.

I doubt there are exclusively Gypsy surnames.
I know Polish Gypsies with surnames like Kwiatkowski or Kowalski.
The most famous Polish Gypsy poet Papusza was called Bronisława Wajs which is probably phonetical spelling of Weiss.

Are these surnames Romi? Polish Romy?
Lalicka and Tereszkiewicz
My father's parents from Tyczyn, Rzeszow,Galacia

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Like Polish Americans? Is there a Gypsieland somewhere? Do those Polish Gypsies see themselves as Poles? Like ever or just when it's convenient? How did they get there? Are they Poles first who happen to be Gypsies? Which comes first?

Man, do I hate those nomadic parasites whose only occupation is lie and steal, but never farm, enlist, and assimilate.

I have a cute story about two them scamming a trusting man out of 15 million bucks.

No, I don't have any stories about their positive contribution to the countries where they squat.

Pikeys diddies , bogtrotters call em what u like , they are people who are prepared to uproot and move to where the money / action is , brave self starting , confident and successful, they are no different to you rich when you left Poland for better pickings in the good old US of A , yes rich you are a Polish Pikey.

Mazur is a gypsy/ Romani surname , just google it.

Polish Gypsies have Polish surnames.

My father's name was changed from Buhawa to Buchala over 100 years ago on Ellis island. Is this a roma name

@MBuchala
I doubt it was changed. Polish surname Buchała is roughly pronounced as /Buhawa/.

Hello my gypsy friends
I want to know too something about my surname
Vekoň or Máti/Maty
I was Born near Poland

Any idea whether Kuchinski (Kuczynski) or Kuczinska is a Gypsy surname?

@Taven baxtale
These are not Polish surnames - the diactric marks suggest another language.

@Kuchinski
It's a Polish surname.
It might be used by Polish Gypsies like other Polish surnames.

Marek Kuczyński, once a known anarchist in 1980s and 90s. He certainly wasn`t Roma.

These are Czech names.

Cerny (Cherny, Czerny, Cherney, etc) meaning "black".

Looking for savage family names n Smith both from Poland Romanian line please help w any Information gyspygirl83@gmail.com thank you..

My Kalata Bergitka Roma family in ancient times married into Gascienca & Krzeptowski families making Gascienca & Krzeptowski have Roma bloodlines. Jan Sabala Krzeptowski comes from this bloodline also.

My last name is Siwak--it comes from a family that my grandmother has identified as being Boiko. I read that Siwak is a name common with Roma individuals living within Lemko regions. Does anyone have any information regarding this surname?

Please reach out to me at siwakmegan@gmail.com. I appreciate any and all help!

Siwak simply comes from the word 'grey' (in Polish, I guess it's pretty similar in the Boiko language) - it must have been a nickname meaning 'grey guy' (Siwak per se is a masculine form) - I know nothing about Gypsy names apart from the fact that they bear typically Polish names usually

Or its slightly different version - Siwek - meaning a horse.

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