Surname · also Polish

Gursky

Gursky is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

Original PolishGórski

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gursky comes from Polish, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Gursky as a surname developed from Górski. In English usage, Gursky as a surname developed from Гурський.

Gursky’s family of names

In English usage, Gursky as a surname developed from the Polish form Górski. In English usage, Gursky as a surname has a related form in GORSKI. In English usage, Gursky as a surname has a related form in GURSKI.

Walk Gursky’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Gursky has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.

EnglishProto-Slavic

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Polish

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Slavic

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Slavic

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Slavic languages

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Slavic

Gorall

“mountain dweller”

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Slavic

Goroll

“mountain dweller”

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Sibling ideas

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