Sadowska: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

The spelling Sadowska grew out of Sadowski, a Polish surname with a long paper trail. It is a place-based name: “From Sadowo (orchard place)”.

Sadowska and Sadowski

Sadowska is the feminine form of Sadowski; Polish surnames ending in -ski or -cki traditionally take -ska or -cka for women. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Sadovsky and Sadoski.

Arms associated with the name

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