Bukowska Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

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

Meaning of the name

Whether you spell it Bukowska or Bukowski, the story begins in the same place. It is a place-based name: “From Buków, beech place”.

Bukowska is the feminine form of Bukowski; Polish surnames ending in -ski or -cki traditionally take -ska or -cka for women. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Get the complete Bukowska report, with a museum-style coat of arms.