Surname · also Polish
Kolodzei
“wheelwright”
Kolodzei is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Original PolishKołodziej
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kolodzei goes back to Proto-Slavic *kolodějь, meaning “wheelwright.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Kolodzei comes from Polish, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Kolodzei as a surname developed from Kołodziej.
Kolodzei’s family of names
In English usage, Kolodzei as a surname developed from the Polish form Kołodziej. In English usage, Kolodzei as a surname has a related form in Kolodei. In English usage, Kolodzei as a surname has a related form in Kolodei.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kolodzeyvariant · English
- Kolodzejvariant · English
- Kolodejvariant · English
- Kolodeivariant · English
- Kolodeyvariant · English
- Kolodziejvariant · English
- Kolodiyvariant · English
- Kolodijvariant · English
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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