gumishu
19 Apr 2009
Genealogy / Last Name: DOWGIALLO from Poland [44]
Dowgiałło (Dowgiallo when anglicized) is a polonized Lithuanian name just like Jagiełło, Radziwił (originally also double łł), Rogałło (the guy called Rogallo in the States)
as for Jews bearing this name - many Jewish families accepted names of their noble 'patrons' - the noble families (mostly large land owners) they worked for as tenants of auberges, forests and other - so there are lots of Jews in Poland whose name is Potocki etc (I knew myself a Jew who's name was Potocki)
Dowgiałło (Dowgiallo when anglicized) is a polonized Lithuanian name just like Jagiełło, Radziwił (originally also double łł), Rogałło (the guy called Rogallo in the States)
as for Jews bearing this name - many Jewish families accepted names of their noble 'patrons' - the noble families (mostly large land owners) they worked for as tenants of auberges, forests and other - so there are lots of Jews in Poland whose name is Potocki etc (I knew myself a Jew who's name was Potocki)