Polish Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 1 of 4)

Son of little Adam

"son of Adam"

Someone from Adamów or Adamowo

Of Adam; from Adamy

From Andrzejewo (Andrew's place)

A familiar form of Anthony or Antal

A possible nickname, marsh place name, or separate Scottish route

Gadfly; bittern

From Benedykt / bath

"son of Banasz"

Ram

"from Baranów"

Of Baranowo / ram

Son of Bartek

Son of Bartek

A familiar form of Bartholomew

Son of the cooper

"little cooper"

A cooper's family or someone from a cooper's place

A cooper

The son of Berek or Berko, pet forms of Baruch (blessed)

Fair-haired

Fair, white-haired

"from Bielec"

"from Bielsk"

From Bielsk

"son of Błażej"

Stork

Son of Bogdan

Short form of Bogusław

A personal-name element or a Rusyn group designation

A personal name or a small pine-forest settlement

From Borek (small pine wood)

"pine forest"

Someone from Boruty or a similar place

A personal-name element involving God or a nickname

"birch wood"

From the birch place

"little beech"

Independent Italian and Polish surname formations

Someone from Budzyń

"lush, sturdy"

From Buków, beech place

A beetroot-related nickname or another color description

An old personal-name form or Busko as a place

A nickname from a young bull

"hops"

From Chmielewo (hop field)

Cloud

"from Chojnata"

A historical nickname involving an insect or worm

From Cichock / quiet

"quiet one"

From Ciechanów

Carpenter

Carpenter's son

"carpenter's son"

Someone from Ciszewo or a quiet person

A cunning or clever fellow

"onion"

A nickname meaning a Romani person

A nickname from the lapwing

Lapwing

"lapwing"

From a place named for black land

A dark-complexioned man, or someone from Czarnik

"Czech"

A nickname for a dark-haired person

From Czerwin or Czerwińsk (red)

Man with a tuft of hair

From Dąbrowa, "oak wood"

A familiar personal name beginning with Da-

A shortened personal name, with independent alternatives

A familiar personal-name form in Polish tradition

A form of the personal name Daniel

A Polish patronymic formed from Daniel

A Polish patronymic from Daniel

A Polish place-name or patronymic formation

A patronymic from Danilo or Danylo

Daniel or a Slavic personal name containing given

A surname from places named Danowo or Danów

The Polish personal name equivalent to David

Someone from a place named after oaks

A familiar name involving bravery, with a separate Slovak route

Drummer

From Dobra Wola, good freedom

Demanding one

From Domanice or Domaniewo

Of the oak grove

Thrush

A fish nickname, woodcutting, or a later descriptive sense

"bagpipes"

Hoopoe (bird)

Someone from Duszyn or a similar village

"heir, landowner"

Wild boar

Pockmarked

"violet"

"little Filip"

A diminutive of Florian

Son of Franek

Diminutive nickname

Bagpiper

"grove"

Little branch

A proud disposition, with other independent origins

"gander"

Little Gaweł

"rook"

Son of Gierek

Someone living near a deep hole or ravine

Big-headed; from Głowaczów

A bird or wild-apple landscape connection

A bare landscape or a descriptive nickname

From the place of doves

A descriptive nickname involving bare or hairless

Highlander

"from Górka"

"upper"

A dweller on, or near, a mountain

Of the hill / mountain

A shortened old Polish compound personal name

Little hornbeam

From Grabów, place of hornbeams

Pea growing, a nickname, or a personal-name form

A nickname from grom, thunder

A small coin, a personal name, or another language route

Little pear

"son of Grzegorz"

"mushroom"

A physical nickname or a dialect word for revelry

"from Gutowo"

A nickname from the word for button

A regional variant or a narrow, thin description

Someone living near a pine tree, or from Hojnacz