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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Ukrainian, Polish (Kałụzny), and Jewish (from Ukraine) : from Ukrainian kalyuzhnyj, Polish kałụzny ‘muddy’ (derivative of kałụza ‘puddle’), a nickname for a muddy person or perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived in a muddy spot.

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