The Kotowska Family Name

Behind the Kotowska surname stands Kotowski, a Polish name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “From Kotowo / cat”. In Poland a woman of the Kotowski family is written Kotowska, the feminine ending of the same name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Gutowska.

Arms linked to Kotowski and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Kotowska report, with a museum-style coat of arms.