Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [400]


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

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [400]


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

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [400]


In some Polish peasant dialects a j-sound prefaces words and names starting with a vowel. A typcial example is Jadam i Jewa for our biblial foreparents. Jewski could have originated as a metronymic nickanme-turned-surname derived from the first name Jewa to indicate the unwed Jewa's bastard son.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [400]


The Polish vowel y is normally transliterated into German as the diphthong ie, hence Dyszka and Rybka would end up in Gemran as Dieschke and Riebke. Other examples Riemer = Rymer, Diener = Dyner, Riesner = Ryzner.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [400]

@kitty1124
POSŁUSZNY: Polish adjective for obedient; as a surname it is shared by over 1,000 people in Poland. It is strictly a Polish, not Jewish name. Typical Jewish names include Margolis, Szapiro, Lewin, Rabinowicz, Srebro, Złoto, Rubin and the like. Which is not to say that no Jew was ever called Posłuszny. Most every Polish name has been used by Jews at one time or another. Presumabyl Yiddish for obedient is close to the German gehorsam, so if any Jew went by that name, he might decide to change it to Posłuszny when that became politically expedient.