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Adam um English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Adamczak Polish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Adamczyk Polish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Andrysiak Polish
Means "son of Andrzej".

Baran um Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian
Means "ram, male sheep" in Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.

Bartosz Polish
Derived from the given name Bartosz.

Biskup Polish
Polish cognate of Bishop.

Bosko Polish
Derived from Polish bosy meaning "barefoot".

Broż Polish
Derived from Broż, a diminutive of Ambroży.

Budny Polish
Possibly from Polish buda meaning "hut, cabin".

Bukoski Polish (Anglicized)
Variant of Bukowski.

Chlebek Polish
From Polish chleb "bread", used to denote a baker.

Chmiel Polish
Polish cognate of Chmela, from Polish chmiel.

Czajka Polish
Means "lapwing (bird)" in Polish.

Daniel um English, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Duda um Polish, Czech
Means "bagpiper" in Polish and Czech.

Dudek um Polish, Czech
Means "hoopoe (bird)" in Polish and Czech.

Dziedzic Polish
Derived from Polish dziedzic "landowner".

Fabian German, English, Polish
Derived from the given name Fabian.

Filip um Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Filip.

Filipek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Filip.

Gajos Polish
Derived from Polish gaj meaning "grove, thicket".

Gniewek Polish
Derived from Gniewek, a diminutive of Zbigniew, Jarogniew, or other names containing gniew "anger".

Gomółka Polish
Derived from Polish gomółka, a type of round cheese, ultimately from an old Polish word meaning "round".

Gomułka Polish
Variant of Gomółka.

Górka Polish
Variant of Gorecki.

Grześkiewicz Polish
Derived from the given name Grzegorz.

Gwózdek Polish
Derived from either archaic Polish gwozd meaning "forest" or gwóźdź meaning "nail".

Jagoda Polish
Means "berry" in Polish.

Janda mu Czech, Polish
Derived from the given name Jan 1.

Jedynak Polish
Means "only child" in Polish.

Jeleń Polish
Polish form of Jelen.

Jeż Polish
Means "hedgehog" in Polish. It may have originally been given to a person who resembled a hedgehog in some way.

Kaczka Polish
Means "duck" in Polish.

Kaczmarek Polish
Occupational name for a person who worked as an innkeeper, derived from Polish karczma meaning "inn".

Kałuża Polish
Means "puddle" in Polish.

Kasprzak Polish
Means "son of Kacper".

Kawa Polish
Derived from Polish kawka "jackdaw".

Kijek Polish
Means "small stick", from Polish kij "stick".

Klimek um Polish, Czech
Derived from a diminutive of Klemens.

Kohut Ukrainian, Polish
Means "rooster" in Ukrainian and Polish, a nickname for a proud person.

Kosmatka Polish
Derived from Polish kosmaty meaning "shaggy, hairy".

Kowalczyk Polish
Patronymic derived from Polish kowal "blacksmith".

Kozieł Polish
Variant of Kozioł.

Kozioł Polish
Means "male goat" in Polish, probably used to denote a goatherd.

Kozłow Polish
Variant of Kozłowski.

Krawczyk Polish
From a diminutive of krawiec meaning "tailor".

Krawiec Polish
Means "tailor" in Polish.

Król Polish
Means "king" in Polish. The name referred to one who acted like a king or was connected in some way with a king's household.

Krupa Polish
Means "groats, grain" in Polish.

Kumięga Polish
Possibly from Polish kum "godfather, friend" or komięga "raft, barge".

Łaska Polish
Means "grace, mercy" in Polish.

Ławniczak Polish
From Polish ławnik meaning "alderman".

Lis Polish
Means "fox" in Polish, a nickname for a sly person.

Mach mu Czech, Polish
From a diminutive of the given names Matěj or Maciej.

Mały Polish
Polish cognate of Malý.

Marciniak Polish
Means "son of Marcin".

Marek um Polish, Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Marek.

Marszałek Polish
Polish cognate of Marshall.

Maślanka Polish
Polish cognate of Máselník.

Mazur Polish
Indicated a person from either Mazovia (Polish Mazowsze) or Masuria (Polish Mazury), regions in Poland.

Mencher Polish
Possibly an occupational name derived from Polish maczarz meaning "miller".

Miazga Polish
Derived from Polish miazga "pulp, crush".

Michalak Polish
Means "son of Michał".

Mikołajczak Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Mikołaj.

Moździerz Polish
Means "mortar" in Polish. It probably referred to someone who worked with or sold mortar.

Musiał Polish
Polish cognate of Musil.

Niemczyk Polish
From Polish Niemiec meaning "German" and the patronymic suffix -czyk.

Niemec Polish
Means "German" in Polish.

Nosek mu Czech, Polish
Means "small nose" in Czech and Polish.

Nowak Polish
Polish cognate of Novak. This is the most common surname in Poland.

Pasternack Polish (Anglicized), Yiddish
Americanized form of Pasternak.

Pasternak Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Yiddish
Means "parsnip" in various Slavic languages, ultimately from Latin pastinaca. A famous bearer was Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), author of Doctor Zhivago.

Paszek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of Paweł.

Pawlak Polish
Means "son of Paweł".

Piątek Polish
Means "Friday" in Polish, derived from the word piąty meaning "fifth".

Pietrzak Polish
Means "son of Piotr".

Piontek Polish
Variant of Piątek.

Pokorny Polish
Polish form of Pokorný.

Róg Polish
Means "animal horn" in Polish.

Roman Romanian, Polish, Ukrainian
From the given name Roman.

Rudaski Polish (Anglicized)
Americanized variant of Rudawski.

Rusnak Polish
Means "Russian" in Polish.

Ryba um Polish, Czech
Means "fish" in Polish and Czech, an occupational name for a fisher.

Salamon Hungarian, Polish
Derived from the given name Salamon or Salomon.

Serafin Polish, Italian
Derived from the given name Serafin or Serafino.

Sienkiewicz Polish
Patronymic from the given name Sienko, an old diminutive of Szymon. This was the surname of the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916).

Sierżant Polish
Polish cognate of Sergeant.

Sikora Polish
Means "tit (bird)" in Polish.

Sitko Polish
Means "fine sieve" in Polish, a diminutive of the Polish word sito "sieve".

Skała Polish
Polish cognate of Skála.

Ślązak Polish
Polish cognate of Slezák.

Ślusarczyk Polish
Diminutive form of Ślusarski.

Smolak Polish
Occupational name for a distiller of pitch, derived from the Old Slavic word smola meaning "pitch, resin".

Smolarek Polish
Variant of Smolak.

Soból Polish
Polish cognate of Sobol.

Sokal Polish
Polish cognate of Sokol.

Sokół Polish
Polish cognate of Sokol.

Sówka Polish
From a diminutive of Polish sowa meaning "owl".

Stanek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Stanisław.

Stankiewicz Polish
From a diminutive of Stanisław.

Starek Polish
From a nickname derived from Polish stary meaning "old".

Starosta Polish
Means "mayor, leader, elder" in Polish.

Stasiuk Ukrainian, Polish
From a diminutive of the given name Stanislav.

Stępień Polish
Possibly an occupational name for a herbalist, from Polish stępa "mortar".

Stolarz Polish
Occupational name from Polish stolarz meaning "joiner, maker of furniture".

Szewc Polish
Means "shoemaker" in Polish.

Szewczyk Polish
Diminutive form of Szewc.

Szulc Polish
Polish form of Schulz.

Szwarc Polish
Polish phonetic spelling of German Schwarz.

Szwed Polish
Variant of Szweda.

Szweda Polish
Derived from Polish Szwed meaning "Swede, person from Sweden".

Szwedko Polish
Variant of Szweda.

Tomczak Polish
From a diminutive of the given name Tomasz.

Urban mu Czech, Slovak, Polish, German
Derived from the given name Urban.

Walczak Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Walenty.

Walentowicz Polish
Means "son of Walenty".

Wawrzaszek Polish
Means "son of Wawrzyniec".

Wiater Polish
Derived from Polish wiatr "wind", a nickname for a quick person.

Wieczorek Polish
From a nickname meaning "bat" in Polish, ultimately from wieczór meaning "evening".

Wilk Polish
Means "wolf" in Polish.

Wójcik Polish
From the Polish word wójt meaning "chief, mayor" (related to German Vogt).

Wojda Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

Wojewoda Polish
From the Polish title wojewoda meaning "governor, voivode" (originally meaning "warlord").

Wojewódka Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

Woźniak Polish
From Polish woźny meaning "caretaker, clerk".

Wróbel Polish
Means "sparrow" in Polish.

Wrona Polish
Derived from Polish wrona meaning "crow".

Wyrick Polish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Wyrzyk.

Wyrzyk Polish
Variant of Wyrzykowski.

Ząbek Polish
From Polish zab "tooth" and a diminutive suffix.

Zając Polish
Means "hare" in Polish.

Zawisza Polish
Derived from the Old Polish given name Zawisza.

Ziemniak Polish
Means "potato" in Polish.

Zientek Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ziętek.

Ziętek Polish
Possibly from a diminutive of Polish zięć meaning "son-in-law".

Zima mu Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian
From an Old Slavic word meaning "winter". This may have been a nickname for a person with a chilly personality.

Żukowski Polish
From various Polish towns named Żukowo or Żuków, which are derived from żuk meaning "beetle".

Żuraw Polish
Means "crane" in Polish, a nickname for a tall person.

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