Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

Thanks to kaprys and Lyzko for the information. Yes, I've heard of Piotr Beczala. I found a website that details all the forms of beczek, and it was really interesting to see that a surname could come from such a comical thing. Some of my DNA matches spell their name as Betzela, which seems to be possibly derived from beczek from what I can tell. But there is one thing that puzzles me: a Betzela relative told me that her surname is Slavic, and is pronounced as Bet-sell. I would love to find out if Beczala and Betzela are two versions of the same surname.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

Is the surname Beczala Polish? This was my grandfather's name before coming to the United States from Kruzslyo, Slovakia in the late 1800s. His native language was Slovak, not Polish; however, I can't figure out the origin of this rare name. One website listed some Beczala people who are supposedly living in Poland currently. While researching this name in various genealogical websites, I have found similar names such as Becza, Bechala, Bazala, Bidzilya, etc., but I don't know if they are alternate spellings or misspellings of Beczala or not. I don't speak Slovak or Polish, which makes it really difficult to figure out pronunciations, or to guess if similarly spelled names are related to each other. Can anyone help me figure out the origin and perhaps the meaning of this surname?