THE MEANING OF YOUR POLISH LAST NAME?

Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,547 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 23, 10, 23:54 #1,111
It could be Polish, Russian, Bulgarian or Jewish and possibyl something else. Check out this link: http://www.klechevsky.com/israel/ortal/

POLSKIThreads: - Posts: 5 Joined: Jul 23, 10 ♂	Jul 24, 10, 18:00 #1,112
Oh, Thank you!

aniellenThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Jul 25, 10 ♀	Jul 25, 10, 20:19 #1,113
can anyone tell me the meaning of my polish surname Wielgosz?

Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,547 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 26, 10, 19:08 #1,114
WIELGOSZ: giant, big burly guy

mcrimi302Threads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Jul 23, 10 ♀	Jul 26, 10, 20:58 #1,115
Can you please me the meaning of the names "Kuta"and "Krzyzak"

Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,547 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 26, 10, 22:22 #1,116
KUTA: several different meanings -- 1) hooded monk's habit, 2) clump of trees in a swamp, 3) mosquito. KRZYŻAK: Teutonic Knight (Knight of the Cross, defeated by Poles at Grznwald in 1410); also anything cruciform, eg X-shaped table legs, sheaves of grain tied in a cross, etc.)

Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,547 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 26, 10, 23:57 #1,117
SADOWSKI: root-word sad (orchard); topo nick from Sadowo or Sadów (Orchardville).

Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,547 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 26, 10, 23:59 #1,118
CIEŚLEWICZ: patronymic form cieśla (carpenter) = carpenter's son

EsotericForestThreads: 7 Posts: 70 Joined: Sep 6, 09 ♂	Jul 30, 10, 04:53 #1,119
Stolarz means carpenter, correct?

EurolaThreads: 6 Posts: 2,647 Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀	Jul 30, 10, 05:06 #1,120
EsotericForest: Stolarz means carpenter, correct? Yes.

EsotericForestThreads: 7 Posts: 70 Joined: Sep 6, 09 ♂	Jul 30, 10, 05:30 #1,121
Any idea what Mastej means?

EurolaThreads: 6 Posts: 2,647 Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀	Jul 30, 10, 05:36 #1,122
EsotericForest: Any idea what Mastej means? Hmmm..no idea. It does not sound like any polish last name that i know. Sorry.

EsotericForestThreads: 7 Posts: 70 Joined: Sep 6, 09 ♂	Jul 30, 10, 05:40 #1,123
It seems to be a name that I tend to run into a brick wall with. I have enough trouble finding much information on the name Stolarz, but when it comes to Mastej, I can never find anything.

EurolaThreads: 6 Posts: 2,647 Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀	Jul 30, 10, 05:46 #1,124
Stolarz is easy, it is a word. Mastej..not. Event if taking the syllables apart. Dos not seem to mean anything. Are you sure it is not abbreviated from something also? Some letters taken out at Ellis Island..I don't know.

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Jul 30, 10, 05:57 #1,125

Well yes, Stolarz is a word so it is a bit easier, but I was just saying I have pretty much ZERO luck tracking my genealogy with that surname. Other than information I already know, I haven't been able to find any other information.

As for the name Mastej, the story is (And I did look it up on Ellis Island) that the name when my great grandfather Jacob lived in Poland was Mastej, but when they came into the Ellis Island, they told them to change the spelling to Masti so it would be easier for other Americans to understand. They've since changed it back to the original spelling of Mastej however. So as far as I know, Mastej should actually be the original spelling...unless of course Mastej wasn't the original spelling either haha.

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Jul 30, 10, 10:17 #1,126

Geographical Surnames (Place Names) - The most common type of Polish surname, these Polish last names are derived from the location of the homestead from which the first bearer and his family lived. In the case of nobility, the surnames were often taken from the names of their estates. Other place names which were adapted into surnames include towns, countries, and even geographical features. While you might think that such surnames could lead you to your ancestral village, that isn't often the case with Polish surnames because so many places in Poland had the same name, changed names or disappeared in the centuries since the surnames developed, or were subdivisions of a local village or estate too small to be found on a gazetteer or map. Surnames ending in - usually derive from place names ending in -y, -ow

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Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,547 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 30, 10, 13:26 #1,127
STOLARZ: cabinet-maker; root-word stół (table) MASTEJ: (pronounced MAH-stay); root-word probably mast- (indicating oiliness, something greasy). The old adj. mastny meant oily. A relic of that root is the current word maść (ointment, salve). For more details contact: polonius3@gazeta.pl

EsotericForestThreads: 7 Posts: 70 Joined: Sep 6, 09 ♂	Jul 30, 10, 16:06 #1,128
Alright, awesome. Thanks Polonius3. Any idea on Banash? Or is it possibly spelled Banach?

Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,547 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 30, 10, 22:21 #1,129
Banaś, Banach and derivatives Banasiak, Banasiewicz, Banasik, etc. are all traceable to Banadyk, a peasant dialectic form of the first name Benedykt. Banash would be an atttempt at an English phonetic respelling of Banaś or Banasz. Banasiak, Banasiewicz, and Banasik originated as patronymic nicknames identical in meaning to English Benson (as in Hedges)!

reapper	Jul 31, 10, 02:54 #1,130
Please can someone give me a meaning of my last name - Kuta. I need it to make a personalized Japanese Ka-mon reply at btkuta(at)gmail.com

Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,547 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 31, 10, 11:59 #1,131
I've already answer this somewhere: kuta can mean a hooded monk's habit or a mosquito. It is also the feminine of the adjective kuty (shod).

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Jul 31, 10, 12:01 #1,132
That would be kutas and not kuta ;)

Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,547 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 31, 10, 15:28 #1,133
The primary meaning of kutas is a tassle at the end of a cord. All other meanings are secondary. What comes to mind is saying of les Frogues: 'Honi soi qui mal y pense!' (Shame to him who's got a filthy mind).

lhoutz	Jul 31, 10, 21:17 #1,134
My family was from Ellguth or Ligota Bialski near Radstein.The spelling was GORACZKE, but in the United States the name has been spelled several ways, now Goracke. Can you tell me the meaning, or any other information?

Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,547 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 31, 10, 22:45 #1,135
If it was orginally GORĄCZKA (pronounced gaw-RUNCH-kah) , that could mean a fever, high tmeperature or heat wave.

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Aug 1, 10, 02:04 #1,136

Since you've been so helpful to me already. My great grandmothers maiden name was Bil, and she came from Zarzecze Poland. I haven't had any luck finding any information on the surname Bil, and I have a feeling that it got shortened to that when she immigrated. Any idea what the original name could be? Possibly Bilskie, or Bielskie? Or is Bil an actual Polish name that I just have trouble finding for some reason? haha

ShortHairThugThreads: - Posts: 1,295 Joined: May 1, 09 ♂	Aug 1, 10, 02:18 #1,137
EsotericForest: is Bil an actual Polish name that I just have trouble finding for some reason? haha Here you go: Bil

EsotericForestThreads: 7 Posts: 70 Joined: Sep 6, 09 ♂	Aug 1, 10, 02:47 #1,138
Any idea on the meaning or origin of it?

ShortHairThugThreads: - Posts: 1,295 Joined: May 1, 09 ♂	Edited by: ShortHairThug Aug 1, 10, 03:14 #1,139
EsotericForest: Any idea on the meaning or origin of it? According to: (Kazimierz Rymut, "Nazwiska Polaków. Słownik historyczno - etymologiczny", Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN, Kraków 1999) Surname Bil means (White) it is derived from the root 'Biał' meaning (White). Other surnames In this family also derived from the same root 'Biał' are: Bielenia, Biał, Biel, Biały Etc.

kh siarko sanokThreads: 4 Posts: 70 Joined: Jan 13, 10 ♂	Aug 1, 10, 10:26 #1,140
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