Given name & surname

Polack

“a Polish person”

Polack is a surname from Polish.

Original PolishPolak

Meaning & origin

What it means

Polack goes back to Polish Polak, meaning “a Polish person.”

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Where it comes from

Polack comes from Polish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Polack as a surname developed from POLAK.

Polack’s family of names

In English usage, Polack as a surname developed from the Polish form POLAK. In English usage, Polack as a surname has a related form in Pollack. In Dutch usage, Polack as a surname has a related form in POLAK.

Walk Polack’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Polack has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.

EnglishPolish

Polishwhere Polack comes from · 1 name

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 4

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

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