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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish and Jewish (from Poland) : habitational name from a place named Siedlce or Siedlec, of which there are many in different parts of Poland. The most important of them is in Siedlce voivodeship in eastern Poland. The place name is derived from siodło, meaning ‘abode’ or ‘dwelling place’ in Old Polish.

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