Kwiatkowski

Kwiatkowski (Polish pronunciation: [kfʲatˈkɔfskʲi], feminine Kwiatkowska [kfʲatˈkɔfska], plural Kwiatkowscy [kfʲatˈkɔfst͡sɨ]) is the 15th most common surname in Poland (66,917 people in 2009).^[1]

The name comes from the word for "flower". Associated with this surname are the Polish noble families bearing the seals of Drogomir, Gryf, Jastrzębiec, Korab, Nałęcz, Nowina, Rola, Strzemię, Wieruszowa, or Własne.

Notable people

• Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass (1940–1995), Polish actress
• Bronisław Kwiatkowski, Polish military commander
• Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski, Polish politician and economist
• Heinz Kwiatkowski, German football goalkeeper
• Henryk de Kwiatkowski, Polish-born aeronautical engineer, businessman and horse breeder
• Irena Kwiatkowska (1912–2011), Polish actress
• Joel Kwiatkowski, Canadian ice hockey player
• Karen Kwiatkowski, U.S. Air Force officer, writer, former candidate for Congress
• Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, Polish politician
• Ladimir Kwiatkowski, children's television host
• Łukasz Kwiatkowski, Polish cyclist
• Marta Kwiatkowska, Polish-British computer scientist
• Michał Kwiatkowski, Polish singer known as Michal in France
• Michał Kwiatkowski, Polish cyclist
• Mickey Kwiatkowski, American football coach
• Teofil Kwiatkowski, Polish painter
• Tonia Kwiatkowski, U.S. skater
• Zbigniew Kwiatkowski, Polish handballer
• Paloma Kwiatkowski, Canadian actress

Kvyatkovsky

• Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kvyatkovsky (Russian: Александр Александрович Квятковский; 1853–1880), Russian revolutionary

See also

• Jonathan Kwitny (1941–1998), a Jewish American writer and investigative journalist
• Gryf coat of arms (Kwiatkowski, Kwiatkowicz, Kwiatkiewicz, Kwieciński)
• Kwiatków (disambiguation)
• Kwiatkowice (disambiguation)
• Květná
• Kwietno

References

1. Ministry of Interior (Poland). Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009 (The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009). Retrieved August 19, 2013.