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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish (Maślak), Ukrainian, and Jewish (from Poland) :
  • from the vocabulary word maślak, name of a species of edible fungus.
  • patronymic from a personal name or nickname derived from masło ‘butter’, perhaps a metonymic occupational name for maker or seller of dairy produce, or a nickname for someone who was ‘as soft as butter’.

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