These
names are used by Slavic peoples.
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PILARSKI PolishOccupational name for a sawyer, Polish pilarz + -ski, common ending of surnames.
PIONKE German, PolishGermanized form of Slavic Pinoek, which is a nickname from pionek ‘puppet’.
PIÓRKOWSKI PolishHabitational name from places called Piórkowo in Toruń voivodeship or Piórków in Tarnobrzeg voivodeship.
PIRONKOV BulgarianA professional Bulgarian tennis player, Tsvetana Pironkova, bears this surname.
PISULA Polish, LithuanianInformal nickname for a scribe or clerk, from a derivative of Polish pisać ‘to write’.
PIVEC CzechNickname for a drinker, from pivo meaning ‘beer’.
PIVONKA CzechCzech word for peony. Also given as a nickname meaning one with rosy cheeks
PLEVNELIEV BulgarianDerived from Bulgarian плевня
(plevnya) meaning "barn". A notable bearer is
Rosen Asenov Plevneliev (1964-), who served as the fourth President of Bulgaria.
PLOTNIKOV RussianMeans "son of the carpenter" from Russian плотник
(plotnik) "carpenter".
PNIEWSKI Polish, JewishHabitational name for someone from Pniewy in the district of Poznań, or from any of the many places in Poland named Pniewo.
PODBIELSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Podbielsko in Konin voivodeship.
POGONOWSKI PolishThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 Lesser Polish villages.
POLINSKI PolishHabitational name from Polinowo in Pila voivodeship or Polinów in Biala Podlaska voivodeship.
POLSKI Polish, JewishNickname for a Polish person, originating in areas of mixed populations.
PONIATOWSKI PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Poniatowa.
POSAVEC CroatianDenotes a person living in Posavina, an area that is adjacent or near the Sava river in Croatia.
POTOCKI PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Potok, Gmina Szydłów.
POTULICKI PolishThis indicates familial origin within either of 3 Greater Polish villages named Potulice.
POZNANSKI Polish, JewishHabitational name from the city of Poznan in west-central Poland, or possibly from other places of this name, in Katowice and Siedlce voivodeships.
PREOBRAZHENSKY RussianDerived from the Russian word
преображение (preobrazheniye) meaning "transformation" or "transfiguration."
PRINCIP Bosnian, SerbianProbably derived from Latin
princeps "leader, initiator, prince", which itself was ultimately derived from
primus "first" and
capere "to take". The surname may thus have originated as a nickname for someone with a princely appearance, or for someone who was the illegitimate offspring of a prince...
[more] PROROK PolishThe meaning of prorok is prophet. It was the maiden name of my maternal grandmother. It is not a common name. Her family was from the southeastern part of Poland.
PRZESPOLEWSKI PolishThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages in Gmina Ceków-Kolonia: Przespolew Pański or Przespolew Kościelny.
PRZYBYLSKI PolishA derivative of '
Przybyla', ‘new arrival’, ‘foundling’, with the addition of the surname suffix -ski.
PTACEK CzechA name given to a small, birdlike individual, meaning literally "little bird".
PUDIWITR CzechOriginally Pudivitr, or Pudivitrova(female only). V was switched to W when the family came to the U.S., though there are both names in the U.S.
PUGACHEV RussianFrom the nickname
Pugach which is probably derived from Ukrainian пугач
(pugach) meaning "owl". Following this etymology, the nickname was most likely given to someone who was wise or sensible (attributing to the owl as a symbol of wisdom).
PUHAR Serbian (Modern, Rare)The last name of the contestant Mirjana Puhar from America's Next Top Model, who originally was born in Serbia. She died on February 24, 2015, aged 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
PULASKI PolishPolish (Pułaski): habitational name for someone from the Pulazie in Łomża Voivodeship.
PURZYCKI PolishThis indicates familial origin within either of 3 Masovian villages: Purzyce, Purzyce-Rozwory, or Purzyce-Trojany.
PUSHKIN RussianDerived from Russian пушка
(pushka) meaning "gun, cannon". A notable bearer was
Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), a Russian poet and writer.
PUTIN RussianMeans "of the path", derived from Russian путь
(put) meaning "road, way, path" combined with -ин
(-in), a possessive suffix....
[more] RABSZTYŃSKI PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Rabsztyn.
RADNICE CzechThis indicates familial origin within the Bohemian town of the same name.
RADOLIŃSKI PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish village of Radolin.
RAJKOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from Rajki in Białystok voivodeship or Rajkowy in Gdańsk voivodeship.
RAK Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian, JewishPolish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian (Rák), and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Slavic rak ‘crab’, ‘lobster’, or ‘crayfish’. This was applied as an occupational name for someone who caught and sold crayfish, crabs, or lobsters, or as a nickname to someone thought to resemble such a creature...
[more] REAMS PolishThe last name Reams comes from Normandy, France.
REDLARK PolishFrom Sir. Henry, Was given directly to this family. The father was hung for being a homosexual, and the last name means Homosexual.
ROB SloveneIt probrably originates from the surname Robb, but we don't know for sure.
ROBOTNIK SlovakThe masculine form of "labourer" or "worker". Most famously used for Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
ROGIŃSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from any of various places called Rogi, named with meaning róg "horn".
ROMAN Catalan, French, Polish, English, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, BelorussianFrom the Latin personal name
Romanus, which originally meant "Roman". This name was borne by several saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Rouen.
ROSTOV Russian, LiteratureEither derived from Rostov Oblast, a Russian federal subject, the town of Rostov in Yaroslavl Oblast, or Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city in the Rostov Oblast. This is also the surname of multiple characters from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel "War and Peace".
ROSTWOROWSKI PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish village of Rostworowo.
ROVNÁK CzechHabitational name from places named Rovné and/or Rovný.
ROZWADOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from Rozwady or Rozwadów in Biała Podlaska voivodeship.
RUCINSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Ruciany in Siedlce.
RUŽEK CzechIt means "rose". Derived from name Ružena.
RYBACKI PolishHabitational name for someone from any of the many places in Poland called Rybaki, named with ryba meaning "fish".
RYBAK Polish, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, JewishMeans "fisherman" in some Slavic languages. Derived from the word
ryba "fish". A famous bearer is Byelarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak (b. 1986) who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009.
RYBAKOV RussianMeans "son of the fisher" from Russian рыбак
(rybak) meaning "fisherman".
RYBALKA UkrainianUkrainian surname meaning "fisherman". Derived from
ryba "fish".
RYBINSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from any of several places called
'Rybno'.
RYSLINK Czech (Rare)Czech spelling or interpretation of an
Irish (I think) name. First introduced in 1620 at the beginning of the 30 Years War at White Mountain near Prague, CZ when an Irish (I think) soldier fathered a Czech son...
[more] RZASA PolishTopographic name for someone who lived near a pond where duckweed grew, from Polish rzasa ‘duckweed’.
RZEPKA Polishfrom rzepka, diminutive of rzepa ‘turnip’, either a nickname or a metonymic occupational name for a peasant who grew root vegetables.
RZEWUSKI PolishIt indicates familial origin within the Podlachian village of Rzewuszki.
RZONCA PolishNickname from Polish dialect rzonca, standard Polish rzodca ‘land steward’.
RZUCIDLO PolishNickname for an eager or ebullient person from a derivative of rzucic ‘to throw’, ‘to throw oneself at someone’.
SAGORSKY Polish, RussianIt means literally "of the city/town Sagorsk". Sagorsk is a city near the Russian capital of Moskva. The ending of "sky" means "of". The "Sagor" part of the surname sounds to me like "za gor" which is "za gorod"...
[more] SANDOWSKI PolishHabitational name from places called Sedowice, Sedowo, Sedów, in Lublin, Bydgoszcz, Piotrków, and Sieradz voivodeships.
SARNA PolishIT COMES FROM POLAND FROM LONG-AGO ANCESTORS
SARNOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from any of the many places in Poland called Sarnowa, Sarnowo, or Sarnów, named with Polish sarna "roe deer".
SAVELYEV RussianDerived by means of suffix "-ev" from a russian given name
Saveliy of latin origin that has been popular on russian territories in 14th century. Basically, it means "son of Saveliy".
SAWICKI PolishThis indicates familial origin anywhere within a cluster of 3 Podlachian villages in Gmina Repki: Sawice-Dwór, Sawice-Wieś, or Sawice-Bronisze.
SCANLON RussianScanlon is a Russian surname orginating in the western pary of Russia.
SEDOWSKI PolishHabitational name from places called Sedowice, Sedowo, Sedów, in Lublin, Bydgoszcz, Piotrków, and Sieradz voivodeships.
SEKULIC SerbianThere is possibility that name come from latin word secolo, means century. Usual Serb end of surname is IC. All Serbs-Montenegrians, also small number of Croats who has that surname has origion from heart of Montenegro...
[more] SEVELEV RussianDerived by means of suffix "-ev" from Old Slavic verb sheveliti (se) meaning to make noise, to whirr, to rustle, to whistle, to wander. Initially it designated someone bold, daring, hardy, spirited...
[more] SEWINA German, PolishThe first available record of the Sewina family name is around 1620 in the province of Silesia, a mixed cultural region between Germany and Poland. Once part of the Prussian Empire and Germany. After World War Two, the area is now part of Poland...
[more] SHAMANOV RussianMeans "son of the shaman", derived from Russian шама́н
(šamán).
SHANDERA Czech (Anglicized, Modern)Shandera is anglicized for Šandera, a patronymic for Alexander (son of Alexander), the euiqvalent of Sandoor in Hungarian or Sanders in English.
SHEPTITSKIY UkrainianThis indicates familial origin with the village of Sheptychi in Ukraine, which, as of February 2017, is located within Sambir Raion in the Lviv Oblast.
SHERESHEVSKY Russian, JewishRussian Jewish surname derived from Шерешёво
(Shereshyovo), the Russian name for the Belarusian city of Шарашова
(Sharashova), itself probably derived from the Belarusian dialectal word шэраш
(sherash) meaning "ice on (a) river" or "gray"...
[more] SHEVELEV RussianDerived by means of suffix "-ev" from Old Slavic verb sheveliti (se) meaning to make noise, to whirr, to rustle, to whistle, to wander. Initially it designated someone bold, daring, hardy, spirited.
SHOPA UkrainianJewish, found in Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine. Native spelling is Шопа.
SHUBIN RussianDerived from Russian шуба
(shuba) meaning "fur coat".