Family name origins & meanings
- Jewish (from Poland and adjacent regions) : from Polish d{a,}b, demb ‘oak’, either a habitational name from a place named with this word or an ornamental name with reference to the tree and its qualities of strength and durability.
- Polish : variant spelling of D{e,}bski (see Debski).
- The film actor Kirk Douglas’s original name was Izzi Demski; he came from a Jewish family of eastern European origin.