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I concur with Mar's link ...I'd only add that I think all 'Hoffman's' come from "hoof" + "man" whereas hoof designates a farm with animals.

By the way, the Baronkiewicz looks like a Slavic version of Baron which you can find info on at: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=10&fn=&ln=Baron

The suffix is definitely a diminutive denoting "son of" of "little" or some such relation. There may be a middle syllable that means something, but I'm not sure. Perhaps one of posters with more knowledge of Slavic names might chime in ...

• Looking for Baronkiewicz and Hoffman - Baronkiewicz  Nov 9 2006, 6:45:51 PM
  • Re: Looking for Baronkiewicz and Hoffman - The LP  Nov 11 2006, 5:32:08 PM
  • Re: Looking for Baronkiewicz and Hoffman - Sean Foglai  Nov 9 2006, 7:44:27 PM
    • Re: Looking for Baronkiewicz and Hoffman - Patti Nilson  Nov 11 2006, 7:52:17 AM
      • Re: Looking for Baronkiewicz and Hoffman - Sean Foglai  Nov 11 2006, 8:08:07 PM
      • Re: Looking for Baronkiewicz and Hoffman - asz  Nov 11 2006, 2:14:59 PM
  • Hoffman - Mar  Nov 9 2006, 7:08:58 PM