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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish (Woźny) : status name for a beadle, usher, or town crier, Polish woźny (from wozić ‘to convey’). The word now means ‘caretaker’ or ‘janitor’ in modern Polish.
  • Ukrainian : occupational name from Ukrainian voznyj ‘coachman’.

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