Konieczny
Konieczny (masculine), Konieczna (feminine) is a Polish surname. A possible origin is a nickname for a person who lived at the edge of a village, from the archaic meaning of the word konieczny, 'last', 'final'[1][2]
Early records of the surname are dated by 1425. Its bearers were both szlachta (Polish nobility) and commoners. As of 2006[update], there were over 14,000 persons with this surname in Poland.[2]
Spelling variant: Koneczny, Czech-language variant: Konečný.
Notable people with the surname include:
Konieczny
[edit]- Aleksy Konieczny (1925–?), Polish bobsledder
- Bartłomiej Konieczny (born 1981), Polish footballer
- Doug Konieczny (born 1951), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Edward J. Konieczny (born 1954), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
- Hans-Peter Konieczny, one of the members of the Red Army Faction
- Janusz Konieczny (senator) (born 1942), Polish politician
- Janusz Konieczny (general) (born 1946), Polish general
- Jerzy Konieczny (1950–2020), Polish politician
- Marian Konieczny (1930–2017), Polish sculptor
- Robert Konieczny (born 1969), Polish architect
- Tomasz Konieczny (born 1972), Polish opera singer
- Zdzisław Konieczny (1930–2016), Polish historian
- Zygmunt Konieczny (born 1937), Polish composer
- Zygmunt Konieczny (bobsleigh) (1927–2003), Polish bobsledder
Konieczna
[edit]- Aleksandra Konieczna (born 1965), Polish actress
- Aneta Konieczna (born 1978), Polish sprint canoer
- Karolina Konieczna, Polish road cyclist who competed in the 2006 UCI Road World Championships
- Klaudia Konieczna (born 1995), Polish volleyball player
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names, 2013, Oxford University Press, as cited by ancestry.com
- ^ a b Etymologia nazwiska Konieczny, Institute of the Polish Language, Polish Academy of Sciences
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