https://forum.polishorigins.com/index.php Ask & share everything you would like to learn and tell about your origins in Poland en-EN (c) Copyright 2026 by PolishOrigins(TM) Forum forum@polishorigins.com (PolishOrigins Forum) forum@polishorigins.com (PolishOrigins Webmaster) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:29:46 +0200 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:29:46 +0200 http://backend.userland.com/rss phpBB2 RSS Syndication Mod by Lucas 1 http://forum.polishorigins.com/templates/sephia/images/rss2.png https://forum.polishorigins.com/index.php Ask & share everything you would like to learn and tell about your origins in Poland https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=43246#43246 <br /> Author: <a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8715'>Stanislaw</a><br /><br /> Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:03 pm<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>crispm28 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Interested in the family names Pawyza and Ciania. Any info would be greatly appreciated.<br /> Christine</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold">Ciania</span> - from the name of Łucjan. The name of Latin origin, from <span style="font-style: italic">lux</span> 'light', known in Poland since the XIII century. In the Middle Ages it was pronounced Łucyjan, Łuczan, in the Eastern Borderlands was pronounced Łukijan.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold">Pawyza</span> - from the Old Polish <span style="font-style: italic">'paweza, pawęza, pawęż'</span> a type of shield.<br /> <br /> Stanisław https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=43246#43246 Stanislaw Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:03 pm https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=43246#43246 https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=41693#41693 <br /> Author: <a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4917'>crispm28</a><br /><br /> Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:16 pm<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Interested in the family names Pawyza and Ciania. Any info would be greatly appreciated.<br /> Christine https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=41693#41693 crispm28 Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:16 pm https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=41693#41693