Polish Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 2 of 4)

From Ignatów

From Jabłonna, place of apple trees

From Jagiełło / Jagielno

"from Jakubów"

From Janice

Little John

Someone from Janiszew or Janiszewo

Son of Janek

From Janków, place of Janek (John)

The son of Jan

From Janów / of Jan

A pet form of Jan, John

Someone from Jarek or Jarki

From the name Jarosław

From Jaroszewo

From Jasień or Jasin

Of the hawk place

From Jaworów, sycamore place

"son of Jędrzej"

Only son

A stag nickname or a translated personal-name association

Hedgehog

"son of Józef"

An old familiar form of George

A familiar derivative of George

A pet form of Jerzy, George

A coat, clothing trade, or military nickname

"innkeeper's son"

Innkeeper's son, little innkeeper

"drake"

From Kaczorowo / drake

'The rabbi or teacher

'The rabbi or teacher

Purse

A flowering shrub, a personal name, or a settlement

From Kalinowo (guelder rose)

"guelder rose"

A place called Kałków or a lime-related regional formation

From a stony place (Kamień)

"kite"

Priest

Someone from Karczew or a place of clearings

A fish nickname or personal-name formation

From Karpin

From Karwowo

A personal name in German and Polish traditions

"son of Kasper"

A son of Kasper

Son of Kaźmierz (Casimir)

From Kędzierzyn

Someone with curly hair

River islet, clump of trees

A personal name adapted in German and Polish

Kisiel / sour jelly

A descendant of Klim, a pet form of Klemens (merciful)

Little Clement

Distinct German and Polish nickname or name forms

From Kluczyn

Peasant farmer

A diminutive of kmieć, a peasant farmer

A nickname meaning beloved

Cart, carriage

"wheelwright"

Son of the wheelwright

From Komorowo

A horse-related occupation or a place called Konary

"at the end"

Someone who looked after ponies, or from Konikowo

From Kopczyn

"soot, smoke"

Of Kosina / blackbird

Rapids / -koski short form

Someone from Kosów or Kosowo

Personal-name forms and independent vocabulary surnames

From Kostki

Fescue grass

Cat

From Kotowo / cat

"smith"

Son of the blacksmith

"smith's place"

Little smith

Blacksmith's (from kowal)

"Cossack"

Little goat / folding knife

Billy goat

From Kozłów, linked to kozioł, "goat"

"border land"

Tailor's son

Tailor

King

Rabbit

Raven

"groats"

"flint"

From the name Kuba

Son of Kuba (Jacob)

From Kuba (Jakub)

From Kubice / son of Kuba

Son of the cook

Cook; from Kuchary

From Kujawy

A ball-related nickname

Someone from a place called Kulików or Kulikowo

"cockerel"

"from Kurów"

Several Polish and German nickname possibilities

A nickname connected with shortness

Someone who made fur coats, a furrier

A nickname or a name from a corner of land

Little flower

From Kwiatków, linked to kwiat, "flower"

April

A Pole (Lech)

From Lapino

Several distinct Polish words and other language histories

"woods, hazel"

Flax, a nickname, or a shortened personal name

Forest dweller

Someone from Leśniewo, a place named after a forest

From the hazel place

From Lewandów (lavender place)

From Lewice

From the lime-tree place

Little linden

Fox

From Lisiec

"fox"

Someone associated with Lithuania

A dweller where lupine (herbs of the pea family)

Archer

"son of Łukasz"

A descendant of Łukasz, Luke

A familiar personal-name form in Polish tradition

Of Machaly / Maciej