The lipka Surname
lipka Name Meaning and History
- Ukrainian and Polish: topographic name for someone who lived by a lime tree, from lipka, diminutive of lipa ‘lime tree’ (see Lipa).
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from a pet form of the personal name Lipe.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from a pet form of the female personal name Libe, derived from Yiddish libe ‘love’.
- Polish and Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): habitational name for someone from villages called Lipka or Lipki in Poland and Ukraine.
- German: from a diminutive of Lippe 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Lipka changed to Lipcaman??? | D.Lipcaman | 2 |
| Lipka and Kowalczuk |
 suemiran
| 9 |
| en argentina....... |
maruasumanera
| 0 |
| de Lipkau Family |
ldelipkau
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| Lipka family | Lipka/Cheyko | 3 |
| LIPKA, Manitoba, Canads |
oldmedico
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| FATHER FRANCIS LIPKA | FRANCIS LIPKA | 4 |
| Obit: Johanna (Lipka) Zylak b.1912 Fosston district, SK. |
kttrucking1
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| lipka.family.story | galeski | 28 |
| Lipka/Lipkau/de Lipkau family search-Maurice Galeski |
jgainescdr1
| 3 |
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