Family name origins & meanings
- Polish (D{e,}bowski) : habitational name for someone from any of various places called D{e,}bowa, D{e,}bowo, or D{e,}bów, from d{a,}b ‘oak’.
- The surnames Dembowski and D{e,}bowski, borne by several Polish noble families, can be traced back to the 14th century.