Message: "Re: Agopsowicz" - Behind the Name

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Re: Agopsowicz

by Jim Young (guest)

12/29/2009, 1:59 PM

The immediate origin is Polish, as you thought, -owicz being the patronymic ending - "son of". However, this is one of a group of Polish surnames indicating an Armenian ancestry. I don't know what Agops means, but I suspect it could be a version of the Armenian Hagop, meaning Jacob or James.
You might learn more by googling something like "Armenians in Poland".

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- G. Agopsowicz (guest)

7/31/2018, 9:41 AM

Hey,

I have always been told its actually Austrian.

Agop means John
Sowich mean son of

and if I'm correct that would be Johnson in English translation.

Thanks,

- Jim Young (guest)

12/29/2009, 2:05 PM

You'll learn more here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Poland
where the Agopsowicz family gets a mention.

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