Zajączek: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

If your family name is Zajączek, its origin lies with Zając, a long-established Polish surname. Its meaning, shared with Zając, is “Hare”. Zajączek carries the diminutive ending -ek, so it began as a ‘little’ or affectionate form of Zając. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

The same family of names includes Zayac.

Arms linked to Zając and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Zajączek family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.