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kleyraeyy

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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:54 am Post subject: Origin or meaning of slek surname

Hello

My grandmas surname is ślękova or some version of this. Her husband’s surname was ślęk. I don’t know if it has any meaning in Polish language but I would like to know. Also if it descends from any other word or has any meaning what so ever. Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you <3

Agnieszka Pawlus
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Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:48 am Post subject:

Kleyraeyy,

Ślęk is from Polish ślęczeć- “to hatch, wait, stay a long time, slog through,”

See the contemporary map of the surname distribution: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Ślęk . Nowadays in Poland there are 307 people bearing this surname.

In geneteka there are some records indexed for Ślęk people, so you might try to look for your ancestors: https://geneszukacz.genealodzy.pl/index.php?search_lastname=%C5%9Bl%C4%99k&from_date=&to_date=&rpp1=&bdm=&url1=&w=&lang=pol&op=se

Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): https://translate.google.pl/#view=home&op=translate&sl=pl&tl=en&text=%C5%9Al%C4%99k

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