Czyżewski (; feminine: Czyżewska; plural: Czyżewscy) is a Polish surname, derived from the Polish word "czyż", meaning "

siskin The name siskin when referring to a bird is derived from an adaptation of the German dialect words ''sisschen'', ''zeischen'', which are diminutive forms of Middle High German (''zîsec'') and Middle Low German (''ziseke'', ''sisek'') words, wit ...

". Surnames of similar derivations include

Czyż Czyż () is a surname of Polish language origin, meaning "siskin". Surnames of similar derivations include Czyżewski and Czyżowicz. The Czech/Slovak equivalent is Číž and the Belarusian form is Chyzh. The surname may refer to: * Bobby Czyz ...

and Czyżowicz, Chyzheuski or Čyžeŭski (from ), Chyzhevskyy (from ), and Chizhevsky (from ). The surname may refer to: *

Elżbieta Czyżewska Elżbieta Justyna Czyżewska (May 14, 1938 – June 17, 2010) was a Polish actress active in both Poland and the United States. She began her career in Poland before moving to New York City in the 1960s. She gained critical acclaim in the ea ...

(1938–2010), Polish actress *

Krzysztof Czyżewski Krzysztof Czyżewski (born 6 July 1958 in Warsaw) is a Polish author, one of the initiators of the Borderland Foundation in Sejny, Poland. Biography He is a graduate in Polish literature from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Initially cl ...

(born 1958), Polish author *

Tytus Czyżewski Tytus Czyżewski (28 December 1880 in Przyszowa – 5 May 1945 in Kraków) was a Polish painter, art theoretician, Futurism (art), Futurist poet, playwright, member of the Formizm, Polish Formists and a Kapists, Colorist. Biography In 1902 he s ...

(1880–1945), Polish painter *

Zygmunt Czyżewski Zygmunt Czyżewski (4 October 1910 – 17 January 1998) was a Polish former ice hockey and football player and football manager. Football Czyżewski began his football career with Czarni Lwów, with whom he his known to have spent his five se ...

(1910–1998), Polish football player and manager

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