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Re: Origin of surname Iskierka

Tina — Mon May 12, 2014 3:36 pm

Author: Tina

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 3:36 pm

I recently saw a PolishOrigins piece in my inbox about the changing of names in old Poland -- how some people chose names that were quirky or "playful."
Could "Iskierka" fall into this category? I seem to have deleted the piece by mistake, but maybe someone could tell me where to find it on the site.
Thank you!

Re: Origin of surname Iskierka

Tina — Mon Jan 13, 2014 2:24 pm

Author: Tina

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 2:24 pm

Thank you very much Sirdan! Every little bit of information is gold to me.

Re: Origin of surname Iskierka

sirdan — Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:36 am

Author: sirdan

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:36 am

Tina wrote:

Thank you Dave. I did know the meaning in English, but I am also interested in where this name originated and even if it could be Slovak?

Interesting question. My limited research shows, that some people in Slovakia and Chech Republic share same surnames with Polish people. One of the factor might be that people were migrating (these three countreis are neighbours) or the borders were shifted and some families were splited old time ago.
Here are places to find out surnames placement in countries:
Poland - about 2000 year https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Iskierka
Slovak - about 1995 year http://slovniky.korpus.sk/?w=iskierka&s=exact&c=6379&lang=en&d=kssj4&d=psp&d=scs&d=sss&d=peciar&d=ma&d=hssjV&d=bernolak&d=obce&d=priezviska&d=un&d=locutio&d=pskcs&d=psken&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Chech - actual data? http://www.nasejmena.cz/nj/cetnost.php?id=121847&typ=prijmeni
None Iskierka in Chech Republic, 755 in Poland at a given time. Only 18 in Slovakia, almost all (Namestovo district) near border (polish Żywiec) with Poland.
My conclusion is that Iskierka is Polish name, one or two family might have came from Poland to Slovakia at some time in the past.
PS: There were 147 people in Slovakia with Iskra surname, Tvrdosin is the place with the most of Iskra's living there, also near border (polish Żywiec) - this might be corelated since dictionary says polish iskierka is slovak iskra.

Re: Origin of surname Iskierka

Tina — Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:54 pm

Author: Tina

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:54 pm

Thank you Dave. I did know the meaning in English, but I am also interested in where this name originated and even if it could be Slovak?

Re: Origin of surname Iskierka

dnowicki — Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:21 am

Author: dnowicki

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:21 am

Tina,

According to "Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings" by William F. Hoffman, the surname Iskierka finds its origin in the Polish word for spark so he translates the meaning of the name as "sparklet" or in other words it means "little spark." In the second edition of his book (1998) there were 706 individuals with that surname in Poland at that time.

Dave

Re: Origin of surname Iskierka

Tina — Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:59 pm

Author: Tina

Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:59 pm

I'd love to know where the surname Iskirka or Iskierka came from. There are so very few Polish names beginning with "I."
Also Malgraff.
Thank you!