Kwiatkowski
Kwiatkowski (Polish pronunciation: [kfʲatˈkɔfskʲi]; feminine: Kwiatkowska [kfʲatˈkɔfska]; plural: Kwiatkowscy [kfʲatˈkɔfst͡sɨ]) is the 15th most common surname in Poland (66,917 people in 2009).[1] It comes from place names such as Kwiatków, Kwiatkowo, or Kwiatkowice, which are derived from the Polish word kwiatek ("flower").[2] Associated with this surname are the Polish noble families bearing the seals of Drogomir, Gryf, Jastrzębiec, Korab, Nałęcz, Nowina, Rola, Strzemię, Wieruszowa, or Własne.
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Related surnames
| Language | Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|---|
| Polish | Kwiatkowski | Kwiatkowska |
| Russian (Romanization) | Квятковский (Kvyatkovsky, Kvyatkovskiy, Kviatkovsky, Kviatkovski) | Квятковская (Kvyatkovskaya, Kviatkovskaia) |
| Ukrainian (Romanization) | Квятковський (Kvyatkovskyi, Kvyatkovskyy, Kviatkovskyi) | Квятковська (Kvyatkovska, Kviatkovska) |
Notable people
- Anita Kwiatkowska, Polish volleyball player
- Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass (1940–1995), Polish actress
- Bronisław Kwiatkowski (1950–2010), Polish military commander
- Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (1888–1974), Polish politician and economist
- Grzegorz Kwiatkowski (born 1984), Polish poet and musician
- Halina Kwiatkowska (1921–2020), Polish actress
- Heinz Kwiatkowski (1926–2008), German football goalkeeper
- Henryk de Kwiatkowski (1924–2003), Polish-born aeronautical engineer and horse breeder
- Irena Kwiatkowska (1912–2011), Polish actress
- Joel Kwiatkowski (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Karen Kwiatkowski (born 1960), American Air Force officer and writer
- Krzysztof Kwiatkowski (born 1971), Polish politician
- Ladimir Kwiatkowski (1928–1994), American television personality
- Łukasz Kwiatkowski (1982–2018), Polish cyclist
- Marta Kwiatkowska (born 1957), Polish-British computer scientist
- Mirosława Jastrzębska née Kwiatkowska (1921 - 1982), Polish scientist, ethnographer, museum curator
- Michał Kwiatkowski (born 1983), Polish singer known as Michal in France
- Michał Kwiatkowski (born 1990), Polish cyclist
- Mickey Kwiatkowski (born 1947), American football coach
- Oskar Kwiatkowski (born 1996), Polish snowboarder
- Paloma Kwiatkowski (born 1994), Canadian actress
- Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (born 1995), American tennis player
- Teofil Kwiatkowski (1809–1891), Polish painter
- Tonia Kwiatkowski (born 1971), American figure skater
- Zbigniew Kwiatkowski (born 1985), Polish handballer
- Aleksandr Kvyatkovsky (1853–1880), Russian revolutionary
- Andriy Kviatkovskyi (born 1990), Ukrainian freestyle wrestler
See also
- All pages with titles containing Kwiatkowski
- All pages with titles containing Kwiatkowska
- Gryf coat of arms (Kwiatkowski, Kwiatkowicz, Kwiatkiewicz, Kwieciński)
- Kwiatków (disambiguation)
- Kwiatkowice (disambiguation)
References
- "Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009" [The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009] (PDF) (in Polish). Ministry of Interior (Poland). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- "Kwiatkowski". ancestry.com.
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