Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Merged: Meaning of the surname Dubiel

1. nickname from Old Polish dubiel, an obsolete word denoting a
kind of fish, a subspecies of carp. 2. In 16th-century Poland the word came
to be used for a woodcutter, by association with Polish dub 'oak tree'.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ˆ2013, Oxford University Press.