The Kozyk Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

If your family name is Kozyk, its origin lies with Kozik, a Polish surname. Taken at its root, Kozyk points to “Little goat / folding knife”.

You may also find the name written Koza. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Only a small detail separates the spellings: Kozyk has “y” where Kozik has “i”.

Kozyk sounds close to Kozak, so it can help to search both.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Kozyk, so the heraldry linked to Kozik is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Kozyk family name pack.