Dąbrowski (; feminine Dąbrowska, plural Dąbrowscy) or Dabrowski is the 11th most common surname in Poland (87,304 people in 2009);Citation: Zawadzki, 2002 this is down from an apparent rank of 4th in 1990.Citation: Futrega, 2006 ''Dąbrowski'' is a

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derived from the

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'Dąbrowa' or 'Dąbrówka', which is used for several specific places in Poland or generically as "oak grove", the English meaning for these Polish words.Citation: Smith, 1973 Variants of the surname include Dombrowski, Dobrowski, and Dobrosky.Citation: Dobrowski Name Meaning and HistoryCitation: Dobrosky Name Meaning and History ''Dobrowski'' also has an independent origin as a habitational name derived from the placename 'Dobrów'. The text-figure below summarizes the relationships among these various words. In other Slavic countries, the same surname takes the form Dubrovsky, as the Polish "ą" corresponds to "u" in most other Slavic languages.

Polish national anthem

The Polish

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, ''

Poland Is Not Yet Lost ( "Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Dąbrowski's Mazurka"), in English officially known by its incipit Poland Is Not Yet Lost, is the national anthem of the Poland, Republic of Poland. The original lyrics were written by Józef Wybicki in Reggio Emil ...

'', is also known as ''Dąbrowski's Mazurka or Dombrowski's Mazurka''. The text references general

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (; also known as Johann Heinrich Dąbrowski (Dombrowski) in German and Jean Henri Dombrowski in French; 2 August 1755 – 6 June 1818) was a Polish general and statesman, widely respected after his death for his patrio ...

, the founder of the

Polish Legions in Italy The Polish Legions ( pl, Legiony Polskie we Włoszech; also known as the Dąbrowski Legions) in the Napoleonic period, were several Polish military units that served with the French Army, mainly from 1797 to 1803, although some units continu ...

Related surnames

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, i.e. Dąbrowski is equivalent to Dubrovsky in Ukraine and Russia. The latter countries also have forms such as "Dombrovsky" but at a lower frequency and often associated with Polish ancestry.

Frequency

The table below contains available information on the frequency of the Dąbrowski surname and variants in various countries across a span of years.

Notable people sharing the Dąbrowski surname or variants

Historically notable people

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Franciszek Dąbrowski Franciszek Dąbrowski (17 April 1904 in Budapest - 24 April 1962 in Kraków) was an officer of the Polish Navy during the Invasion of Poland in 1939. Life In September 1939, he served at Westerplatte military transit depot, which took part in ...

(18th century), Polish general known for organizing the Polish Legions in Italy during the Napoleonic Wars *

Kazimierz Dąbrowski Kazimierz Dąbrowski (1 September 1902 in Klarów – 26 November 1980 in Warsaw) was a Polish psychologist, psychiatrist, and physician. He is best known for his theory of " positive disintegration" as a mechanism in personality development. H ...

(20th century), Polish psychologist who developed the theory of Positive Disintegration *

Marian Dąbrowski Marian Dąbrowski (27 September 1878 – 27 September 1958) was a Polish journalist, entrepreneur and publisher, the biggest and the most influential press magnate of the Second Polish Republic. Life and career Dąbrowski was born on 27 September ...

(20th century), journalist and press magnate of the Second Polish Republic ;Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan noble family *

Jarosław Dąbrowski Jarosław Żądło-Dąbrowski (; 13 November 1836 – 23 May 1871), also known as Jaroslav Dombrowski, was a Polish nobleman and military officer in the Imperial Russian Army, a left-wing independence activist and radical republican for Polan ...

(19th century), Polish general depicted on the obverse of the 1976 200- zloty banknote

Other notable people

;Dąbrowski/Dąbrowska *

Ania Dąbrowska Anna Monika "Ania" Dąbrowska (), usually referred to as Ania (), is a Polish singer, songwriter, and composer performing pop music, born 7 January 1981. Ania rose to stardom in 2004 with the release of ''Samotność po zmierzchu'' which was m ...

(born 1981), Polish singer and composer *

Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Bartłomiej Dąbrowski (born 20 August 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Poland. Biography Dąbrowski holds the record of most overall matches won and most individual wins for the Poland Davis Cup team. From 1991 to 2004 he took ...

(born 1972), Polish tennis player * Damian Dąbrowski, Polish footballer *

Daniel Dąbrowski Daniel Dąbrowski (born 23 September 1983 in Łódź) is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams ...

(born 1983), Polish sprinter *

Dorota Dąbrowska Dorota Maria Dabrowska is a Polish people, Polish statistician known for applying nonparametric statistics and semiparametric models to counting processes and survival analysis. Dabrowska's estimator, from her paper "Kaplan–Meier estimate on th ...

, Polish statistician * Helena Dąbrowska (1923–2003), Polish actress *

Jerzy Dąbrowski Jerzy Dąbrowski (September 8, 1899 – September 17, 1967) was a Polish aeronautical engineer. He was the lead designer of the famed PZL.37 Łoś medium bomber. Dąbrowski was born in Nieborów, west of Warsaw to a railway clerk family. He st ...

(1899–1967), 20th century Polish aeronautical engineer *

Józef Dąbrowski Józef Dąbrowski (January 27, 1842 – February 15, 1903) was a Polish Catholic priest. He founded the SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in 1887 and was the first rector there. Early life and ordination Józef Dąbrowski was born in Zoltance, ...

(19th century Polish Catholic priest) * Katarzyna Dąbrowska (born 1984), Polish television actress * Krystyna Dąbrowska (born 1906), Polish sculptor and painter * Krystyna Dąbrowska (born 1973), Polish chess player *

Maciej Dąbrowski Maciej Dąbrowski (born 20 April 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for ŁKS Łódź. Career Club In July 2011, he joined Olimpia Grudziądz. International Dąbrowski participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 Worl ...

(born 1987), Polish footballer *

Małgorzata Dąbrowska Małgorzata Dąbrowska (born 11 January 1956 in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish historian, Byzantinist, dean of the History Department at the University of Łódź. She specializes in Byzantine studies, specifically the topics of Byzantium and the We ...

(born 1956), Polish historian and Byzantinist *

Maria Dąbrowska Maria Dąbrowska (; born Maria Szumska; 6 October 1889 – 19 May 1965) was a Polish writer, novelist, essayist, journalist and playwright, author of the popular Polish historical novel ''Noce i dnie'' (Nights and Days) written between 1932 and 19 ...

(1889–1965), 20th century Polish writer * Marek Dąbrowski (born 1949), Polish fencer *

Martyna Dąbrowska Martyna Dąbrowska (born 5 April 1994) is a Polish sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in London, where she run in the heats. In addition, she was a r ...

(born 1994), Polish athlete *

Renata Dąbrowska Renata Dąbrowska (born 8 February 1989) is a Polish track racing cyclist. She competed at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in four disciplines and at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in five disciplines. She won at ...

(born 1989), Polish cyclist *

Roman Dąbrowski Roman Dąbrowski (born 14 March 1972), is a Polish former professional footballer. Dąbrowski is a naturalized Turkish citizen and thus also known as Kaan Dobra. Honours ;Beşiktaş J.K. *Süper Lig (1): 2002–03 ;Kocaelispor *Turkish Cup Th ...

(born 1972), Polish footballer *

Włodzimierz Dąbrowski Włodzimierz Dąbrowski (11 August 1892 in Cieszyn – 1942 in Auschwitz) was a Polish lawyer and political activist in Silesia. Dąbrowski participated in the Silesian Uprisings. He was murdered during World War II by the Germans at Auschwitz ...

(1892–1942), 20th century Polish political activist ;Dąbrowski → Dabrowski * Christoph Dabrowski (born 1978), Polish/German footballer *

Gabriela Dabrowski Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski (; pl, Dąbrowska, ; born April 1, 1992) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 164 by the WTA on November 3, 2014 and her highest doubles ranking of world No. 4 on ...

(born 1992), Canadian tennis player *

Stanislawa Dabrowski Stanislawa "Stasia" Dabrowski (; 1926 - August 2020) was an Australian humanitarian. In 1996, the government of the Australian Capital Territory named her Citizen of the Year. She was awarded a medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Au ...

(born 1926), Australian humanitarian *

Stina Lundberg Dabrowski Stina Lundberg Dabrowski (born December 3, 1950) is a Swedish journalist, television host, producer, writer, and professor of television production. She has interviewed many international leaders, politicians, and celebrities. She has been a fixt ...

(born 1950), Swedish journalist ;Dąbrowski → Dobrowski * Jody Dobrowski (1981–2005), English hate crime victim ;Dąbrowski → Dombrowski *

Andreas Dombrowski '' Feldwebel'' Andreas Dombrowski (born November 30, 1894, date of death unknown) was an Austro-Hungarian World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories scored on three different fronts. He was conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian mil ...

(1894–unknown), Czech WWI flying ace * Brandyn Dombrowski (born 1985), American professional football player *

Daniel Dombrowski Daniel A. Dombrowski (born 1953) is an American philosopher and professor emeritus of philosophy at Seattle University. He was the president of the Metaphysical Society of America (2018–19). Career Dombrowski has authored twenty books and o ...

(born 1953), American philosopher and university professor *

Dave Dombrowski David Dombrowski (born July 27, 1956) is an American baseball executive who serves as the President of Baseball Operations for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Dombrowski also previously served as the general manager of ...

(born 1956), American baseball executive *

Chad Dombrowski Chad Dombrowski (born October 5, 1980 in West Allis, Wisconsin) is a retired American soccer player who spent six seasons in the USL First Division. College Dombrowski attended the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee where he played on the men's ...

(born 1980), American professional soccer player *

Karl von Dombrowski Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian ...

(1872–1951), German animal and hunting painter *

Neil Dombrowski Neil Dombrowski (born March 19, 1984 in West Allis, Wisconsin) is an American soccer player, who last played for the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division. Youth Dombrowski, one of four brothers who play professional soccer, grew up in Wisco ...

(born 1984), American professional soccer player *

Tighe Dombrowski Tighe Dombrowski (born March 4, 1982) is an American soccer player, currently without a club. Dombrowski played four years of college soccer for the UW–Milwaukee Panthers of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 2000–2003, during whic ...

(born 1982), American professional soccer player *

Zeke Dombrowski Zeke Dombrowski (born July 27, 1986 in Hales Corners, Wisconsin) is an American former soccer player. he is employed by the City of West Allis, Wisconsin Fire Department as a Firefighter/Paramedic. Career College and Amateur Dombrowski played ...

(born 1986), American professional soccer player *

James A. Dombrowski James Anderson Dombrowski (January 17, 1897 – May 2, 1983) was an American civil rights activist and Methodist minister. He founded the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, led the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, and was director of t ...

(1897–1983), American Methodist minister active in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s *

Jan Dombrowski Jan Dombrowski (26 May 1926 – 24 February 1992) was a Polish bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimp ...

(1926–1992), Polish bobsledder *

Jim Dombrowski James Matthew Dombrowski (born October 19, 1963) is a former American college and professional football player who was a guard and offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. Dombrowski played college football ...

(born 1963), American professional football player *

Joe Dombrowski Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (born May 12, 1991) is an American professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . A professional since 2011, Dombrowski has also competed for , , and . Personal Born on May 12, 1991, in Christia ...

(born 1991), American professional cyclist for UCI ProTeam Cannondale-Garmin. *

Lutz Dombrowski Lutz Dombrowski (born 25 June 1959) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion. Early life Dombrowski was born in 1959 in Zwickau. Wilhelm Pieck, who at the time of Dombrowski's birth was president of East German ...

(born 1959), German Olympic track and field athlete *

Sandra Dombrowski Sandra Frey (; born 19 March 1967) is a Swiss retired ice hockey player and referee. After playing for the Swiss national team, she became the first female referee to work in the men's Swiss League. She later became the first woman to referee a ...

, Swiss ice hockey player and referee

Notes

References

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