The Słowikowski Family Name

Słowikowski sits within the Słowik family of names, which has Polish roots. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “nightingale”. Słowikowski is built on the same root as Słowik, with the ending -owski. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Słowikowski, so the heraldry linked to Słowik is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Słowikowski report, with a museum-style coat of arms.