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Re: Origin and meaning of the surname Ciecierski?

Agnieszka Pawlus — Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:34 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:34 am

starshadow,

I think that the pronounciation of Ciecierski is easier, however accordingly to Hoffman's "Polish surnames" Ciecierski surname has different origins: this is the toponym, from the villages: Cieciersk, Ciecierzyn, Cieciorka (several villages in Poland with those names).

Cieciorka is also chickpeas in Polish.

Re: Origin and meaning of the surname Ciecierski?

starshadow — Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:00 pm

Author: starshadow

Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:00 pm

Thank you very much Aga. This is so interesting. Do you know why they later dropped the "w" and just spelled it Ciecierski?

Re: Origin and meaning of the surname Ciecierski?

Agnieszka Pawlus — Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:54 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:54 am

Starshadow,

here is some basic information about the surnames Ciećwierski and Cietwierski: both come from Polish word cietrzew- „black grouse”.
In 2002 there were only 61 individuals using the surname Ciećwierski living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Cie%C4%87wierski. Unfortunately there is no data for Cietwierski.

Listen how your surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): https://translate.google.com/#pl/en/Cie%C4%87wierski and https://translate.google.com/#pl/en/Cietwierski .

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Origin and meaning of the surname Ciecierski?

starshadow — Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:56 pm

Author: starshadow

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:56 pm

In the 1700's in Miastkowo (Lomza area). The earliest forms were spelled Ciecwierski and Cietwierski (which may have been the Latin form).