Polish Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 1 of 2)

Son of little Adam

"son of Adam"

Of Adam; from Adamy

From Andrzejewo (Andrew's place)

Gadfly; bittern

"son of Banasz"

Ram

"from Baranów"

"little cooper"

"from Bielec"

"from Bielsk"

"son of Błażej"

From Borek (small pine wood)

"pine forest"

"birch wood"

From the birch place

"little beech"

"lush, sturdy"

From Buków, beech place

"hops"

From Chmielewo (hop field)

"from Chojnata"

"quiet one"

Carpenter's son

"carpenter's son"

"onion"

Lapwing

"lapwing"

From a place named for black land

"Czech"

From Czerwin or Czerwińsk (red)

From Dąbrowa, "oak wood"

From Dobra Wola, good freedom

From Domanice or Domaniewo

"bagpipes"

Hoopoe (bird)

"heir, landowner"

"violet"

"little Filip"

"grove"

"gander"

"rook"

Big-headed; from Głowaczów

From the place of doves

"from Górka"

"upper"

Of the hill / mountain

From Grabów, place of hornbeams

Little pear

"son of Grzegorz"

"mushroom"

"from Gutowo"

From Jabłonna, place of apple trees

"from Jakubów"

From Janków, place of Janek (John)

From the name Jarosław

From Jasień or Jasin

From Jaworów, sycamore place

"son of Jędrzej"

"son of Józef"

"innkeeper's son"

Innkeeper's son, little innkeeper

"drake"

From Kalinowo (guelder rose)

"guelder rose"

From a stony place (Kamień)

"kite"

Priest

"son of Kasper"

Son of Kaźmierz (Casimir)

River islet, clump of trees

Cart, carriage

"wheelwright"

"at the end"

"soot, smoke"

Fescue grass

"smith"

Son of the blacksmith

"smith's place"

Blacksmith's (from kowal)

"Cossack"

Billy goat

From Kozłów, linked to kozioł, "goat"

"border land"

Tailor's son

King

Raven

"groats"

"flint"

From the name Kuba

Son of Kuba (Jacob)

Cook; from Kuchary

From Kujawy

"cockerel"

"from Kurów"

From Kwiatków, linked to kwiat, "flower"

April

"woods, hazel"

Forest dweller

From the hazel place

From Lewandów (lavender place)

From Lewice

From the lime-tree place

Fox

"fox"

"son of Łukasz"

From Maciejewo (Maciej's place)

Son of Melchior