Czarniecki (; feminine: Czarniecka; plural: Czarnieccy) is a surname of

Polish language Polish (, , or simply , ) is a West Slavic languages, West Slavic language of the Lechitic languages, Lechitic subgroup, within the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is written in the Latin script. It is primarily spo ...

origin. It belongs to the noble

Czarniecki family Czarniecki (feminine form: Czarniecka, plural: Czarnieccy) was a Polish noble family. History The Czarniecki family was most prominent in the 17th century and can be traced back to the 14th century. The Łodzia coat of arms was given to the fami ...

. It is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

for someone from

Czarnca Czarnca is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włoszczowa, within Włoszczowa County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Włoszczowa and west of the regional capital Kielce. ...

in Kielce voivodeship, or any of the various places called Czarnocin or Czarnia, all derived from the Polish adjective "czarny", which means 'black'. "Czarniecki"
ancestry.com, citing ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' The surname may refer to: *

Krzysztof Czarniecki Krzysztof Czarniecki of the Łodzia coat of arms (b. ca. 1564, d. 1636) was a Polish nobleman and ''starosta'' of Żywiec. He was son of Jan Czarniecki. Krzysztof had two brothers: Marcin and Olbracht. Krzysztof was born around 1564. As a soldier ...

Stefan Czarniecki Stefan Czarniecki (Polish: of the Łodzia coat of arms, 1599 – 16 February 1665) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish szlachta, nobleman, general and military commander. In his career, he rose from a petty nobleman to a magnate hol ...

(1599–1665), Polish military commander

References

{{surname, Czarniecki, Czarniecka Polish-language surnames

See also

References