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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Kosík), Slovak, Polish, and Sorbian : nickname from western Slavic kos ‘blackbird’ (see Kos).
  • Czech and Slovak (Košík) : metonymic occupational name for a basketmaker, from košík, a derivative of koš ‘basket’.

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