Brzeziński


Brzeziński is a Polish surname derived from the root word "brzoza", meaning "birch". The adjective suffix "ski" means "being like" or "belonging to", so Brzeziński refers to a person from one of the localities named for a concentration of birch trees, such as Brzezina,. In Polish, Brzeziński has an accent mark over the letter "ń", and the Polish pronunciation is "bzhe-ZEEGN-ski".
The Brzeziński surname was originally borne only by the szlachta, the Polish noble class, who took their names from their estates, but it later spread to the working and peasant classes as well. It is known to be associated with at least nine different coats of arms:
There were 25,361 persons with the name Brzeziński in Poland in 1990. The name has been borne by many notable Poles and persons of Polish descent, including:

In Poland