Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
LEŚNIAK
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| Origin | of Polish origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event |
| Family name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name |
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The name is derived from the Old Polish common noun leśniak meaning ‘someone living in the forest' or from the Polish adjective leśny meaning ‘of a forest’ with the suffix -'ak and refers to a characteristic feature. It may also be derived from the Polish personal name Leśny with the patronymic suffix -ak and refer to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. Variant: Leśniok. |