The Srokowski Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Arms linked to Sroka and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Srokowski

Records tie Srokowski closely to Sroka. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “magpie”.

Srokowski is built on the same root as Sroka, with the ending -owski. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Names that sound alike, such as Żurkowski, are easily confused in old records.

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