The Lisiecka Family Name

Lisiecka is a familiar spelling of the Polish name Lisiecki. The name is generally explained as “From Lisiec”.

Lisiecka is the feminine form of Lisiecki; Polish surnames ending in -ski or -cki traditionally take -ska or -cka for women. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Lisiak.

Names that sound alike, such as Lisek, are easily confused in old records.

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