Szymanski
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Szymański is the ninth most common surname
in Poland
(89,091 people).
This surname was originally derived from the Hebrew personal name SHIMON, and in many vernacular versions of the Old Testament the name is usually rendered as SIMEON. In the New Testament, however, the name is normally rendered as Simon, partly as a result of an association with the Greek byname SIMOS, meaning snub-nosed.
The name has spread to England, Italy, Germany, Holland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and the name has been in use as a given name in Western Europe from the Middle Ages onwards. The name was no doubt popular because of its associations with the apostle Simon Peter, the brother of Andrew. In Britain, there was confusion from an early date with the Anglo-Scandinavian form of Sigmund, a name whose popularity was reinforced at the time of the Norman Conquest of 1066, by the Norman form of Simmund.
Polish name
A Polish personal name, like names in most European cultures, consists of two main elements: imię, the first name, or given name, followed by nazwisko, the last name, surname, or family name....
in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(89,091 people).
Notable people
- Antoni SzymańskiAntoni SzymanskiAntoni Szymański was a Polish Army general.-Life:As a Prussian citizen, he fought on the Western Front during World War I ....
, Polish Army general - Beata SzymańskaBeata SzymańskaBeata Szymańska is a Polish poet and writer.- Biography :Beata Szymańska left the philosophy department of the Jagiellonian University and received her doctorate in philosophy in 1977. Several years she worked as research associate at the Jagiellonian University...
, Polish poet and writer - Boleslaw SzymanskiBoleslaw SzymanskiBoleslaw Karl Szymanski is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and the Founding Head of the Center for Pervasive Computing and Networking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He's known for multiple contributions into computer science, including Szymanski's Algorithm.-Current Work:Dr...
, computer scientist - Frank SzymanskiFrank SzymanskiFrank Szymanski was an American football player and probate judge in Wayne County, MI. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and played for three teams in the National Football League, winning an NFL Championship with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1948.-High School:While living...
, football player - Grzegorz SzymańskiGrzegorz SzymanskiGrzegorz Szymański is a Polish volleyball player.For his sport achievements, he received: Golden Cross of Merit in 2006.- Career :...
, Polish volleyball player - Halina SzymańskaHalina SzymanskaHalina Szymańska was the wife of Colonel Antoni Szymański, the last prewar Polish military attaché in Berlin.-Life:After being recruited by the Allied secret intelligence services , Szymańska provided a conduit of information between the Allies and Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, chief of the German Abwehr...
, Polish spy - Ignacy SzymańskiIgnacy SzymanskiIgnacy Szymański Ignatius Szymanski , his father was ...Szymanski, nicknamed Colonel Ski or Old Ski, was a Polish and American soldier. He served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
, Polish soldier - Jake Toranzo Szymanski, film & TV actor
- Jonathan Szymanski, photographer
- Konrad SzymańskiKonrad SzymanskiKonrad Szymański is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the DS & OP with the Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc, part of the European Conservatives and Reformists and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender...
, Polish politician - Paweł Szymański, composer
- Roman SzymańskiRoman SzymanskiRoman Szymański was a Polish political activist, publicist, editor of Orędownik magazine.-References:...
, Polish political activist
Etymology
The name Szymański is of Polish origins. The name is derived from the personal name "Szymon" and the characteristic Polish suffix "-ski", meaning "son of". Thus, the name Szymański means "son of Szymon".This surname was originally derived from the Hebrew personal name SHIMON, and in many vernacular versions of the Old Testament the name is usually rendered as SIMEON. In the New Testament, however, the name is normally rendered as Simon, partly as a result of an association with the Greek byname SIMOS, meaning snub-nosed.
The name has spread to England, Italy, Germany, Holland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and the name has been in use as a given name in Western Europe from the Middle Ages onwards. The name was no doubt popular because of its associations with the apostle Simon Peter, the brother of Andrew. In Britain, there was confusion from an early date with the Anglo-Scandinavian form of Sigmund, a name whose popularity was reinforced at the time of the Norman Conquest of 1066, by the Norman form of Simmund.