Budny

Usage: Polish, Ukrainian

This surname has several possible meanings. It could mean "dweller in a hut, cabin" from the Polish and Ukrainian word buda. Or it could simply be a diminutive from of a multitude of personal names beginning with the element Budzi-. For example "little Budzislav".

Chownyk

Usage: Ukrainian

Means "little boat", it is from an occupation.

Gavrilyuk

Usage: Ukrainian

From a diminutive of the given name Gavril.

Holub

Usage: Czech, Ukrainian Extra: Statistics

Derived from holub "dove".

Kaminski

Usage: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Name for someone who came from a town called Kamien. Kamien comes from the Slavic word kamiń meaning "stone".

Kedzierski

Usage: Ukrainian, Polish Extra: Statistics

From a nickname meaning "curly", describing a person with curly hair.

Kohut

Usage: Ukrainian Extra: Statistics

Means "rooster" in Ukrainian. A nickname for a proud person.

Kozel

Usage: Slovene, Ukrainian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Slavic kozel "goat", probably used to denote a goatherd.

Pasternack

Usage: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

The name translates literally as "white turnip" or "parsnip".

Pasternak

Usage: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Pasternack. Famous bearer was Boris Pasternak, author of 'Doctor Zhivago'.

Sewick

Usage: Ukrainian

Means "gray (color)" in Ukrainian.

Shwetz

Usage: Ukrainian

Means "shoemaker" in Ukrainian.

Stasiuk

Usage: Ukrainian Extra: Statistics

Diminutive form of Stanislaw.

Wasylyk

Usage: Ukrainian

Derived from the given name Wasyl.

Wasylyshyn

Usage: Ukrainian

Means "son of Wasyl's wife".

Wolanski

Usage: Ukrainian Extra: Statistics

Denoted a person who came from one of the places in Poland called Wola, Wolany. It sometimes is derived from the Polish given name Wolan meaning "to want".

Zelenko

Usage: Ukrainian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Slavic word zeleny "green". The name is a cognate of Zielinski and Zelenka.