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Updated January 30, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish (Kamiński) : habitational name for someone from any of more than 60 villages and towns named Kamień, from Polish kamień ‘stone’, ‘rock’.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : habitational name from any of the places mentioned at 1 or from places in Ukraine named Kamiń, from Ukrainian kamiń ‘stone’.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : habitational name for someone from any of various places named Kamionka in Polish or Kaminka in Ukrainian.

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