Where Does the Cichy Surname Come From?

Cichy belongs to the Cichoń family of names, which has Polish roots. Its meaning, shared with Cichoń, is “quiet one”.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Cichoń was also written Cichy. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

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