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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish (Góra) and Jewish (from Poland) : from Polish góra (Slavic gora) ‘mountain’, ‘hill’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on a hillside or in a mountainous district, or perhaps a nickname for a large person.

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