Polish Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 4 of 4)

Titmouse / from Sikórz

A place name or a color-related nickname

"grey haired"

Grey-haired one

"furrow slice"

Someone who prepared skins, a skinner

Lark

"lark"

Son of the fiddler

Plum tree

"nightingale"

Someone from a place with a name related to Słowin

Tar / from Smolin

Son of Sobek (Sobiesław)

From the name Sobek

A dweller at the sign of the sable

From Sobieszyn

"sable"

Wooden plough

Little falcon

From Sokołów (falcon place)

From Sosnowo / pine

Someone who was a business partner of another

"owl"

Someone from a place named after the owl

A singer

Magpie

A descendant of Stanisław

A pet form of Stanisław

Son of Stach (Stanisław)

From Stanisław

A familiar form of Stanisław

"son of Stanko"

A descendant of Stanko, a pet form of Stanislaw (camp, glorious)

A nickname for an older person

Of the elder / from Starzyno

Son of Staś

A son of Staszek, a pet form of Stanisław

From Stefanów / son of Stefan

From Stephen; pounder

A nickname connected with a small measure or foot

Son of the archer

Little holy one

Someone from Świątkowo or Świątkówka

Someone who bored or drilled holes

Someone from Sypniewo

Someone living where saffron or crocus grew

"son of Szczepan"

Little Stephen

From Szczepanów (Stephen's place)

Goldfinch

Shoemaker

Little shoemaker

Starling

From Szpaki

"village head"

"Swede"

Of Szymon (Simon); or from his place

Son of Simon

Son of the weaver

Turner

Turner (lathe worker)

Little Thomas

From Tomaszew (Thomas's place)

"son of Tomasz"

"son of Tomek"

Someone from Trojanów or Trojanowo

Turk

From Tymin / Tymon

A diminutive of Urban

Son of Urban

Son of Urban

From Urbanowo

From Urbanów (Urban's place)

From Wachów

Son of Walek / Valentine

A son of Walek, a pet form of Walenty

"little moustache"

From Wasilew (Basil's place)

"son of Wawrzyniec"

A Hungarian, someone from Hungary

From Wesołowo, the merry place

Little evening

Willow place

A nickname from the wolf

Little wolf

"wolf"

Wolf

A place name or a personal name containing friend

From Wiśniewo, "cherry-tree place"

A pet form of Witold or Wit

From Witkowo

Son of the steward

Steward

From Wojciechów, place of Wojciech

Little village headman; or pet form of Wojciech

A pet form of Wojciech

"son of Wojtas"

"son of Wojtek"

"son of the village head"

Little ox / from Wola

"from Wola"

Cart-driver or court usher

Sparrow

From Wróblew (sparrow place)

"crow"

A nickname from the otter

From Wysokie (high place)

A dweller at the sign of the sable

Someone living beyond the hill

Hare

"student, scholar"

"beyond the bushes"

Beyond the wood

From Zalew, flooded land

Crew / garrison

A nickname connected with cutting or hewing

Someone from a place called Zawada

Obstacle

From Zawada (barrier)

From the name Zawisza

"chaffinch"

Green; from a green place

Green place

A finch-related nickname

"herbs"

Beetle

Of Żukowo / beetle

Crane

Someone from a place where cranes were common

"sour rye soup"

A short form of Zygmunt or similar names

Victory protection (Sigismund)