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The dobrowolski Surname

dobrowolski Name Meaning and History

Polish: habitational name for someone from for example Dobrowola in Lublin or Siedlce voivodeships, places named from Polish dobry ‘good’ + volya ‘will’. According to Bystron, it may alternatively have a nickname for a peasant who had been freed from serfdom. Compare Czech Dobrovolny.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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