Lewicki
Lewicki (feminine form: Lewicka) is a Polish-language surname. The surname may have several origins. It can be a patronymic surname from a diminutive of the Polish given name Lew "Lion" or the nickname Lewek "Left-handed".[1] It can also be derived from either of the towns called Lewiczyn or, as a Jewish surname, from the meaning "of the Levites". [2]
Other transliterations of the same surname include Levitzki, Levitsky and Lewycky/Lewycka
It may refer to
- Aaron Lewicki (born 1987), American professional ice hockey player
- Anatol Lewicki (1841–1899), Polish historian
- Anders Lewicki, Swedish footballer
- Danny Lewicki (1931–2018), Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player
- Jan Lewicki (1795-1871), Polish artist
- Karin Lewicki (born 1977), American writer
- Karolina Lewicka, Polish filmmaker and writer
- Marta Lewicka (born 1972), American professor of mathematics
- Olga Lewicka (born 1975), Polish born visual artist
- Oscar Lewicki (born 1992), Swedish footballer
- Pawel Lewicki (born 1953), cognitive psychologist
- Simon Lewicki, known as Groove Terminator, Australian electronic music artist
- Tobias Lewicki (born 1993), Swedish footballer
References
- Hanks & Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of Names
- Dictionary of American Family Names, 2013, Oxford University Press
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