Polansky Family History
Polansky Name Meaning
Czech (Polanský); Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) (Polanský and Poľanský): topographic name derived from Czech dialect polana ‘clearing glade’ Slovak poľana ‘mountain meadow’ or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called with these words. Alternatively it may be an ethnic name for a Pole (see Polanski ). Compare 3 below. Altered form of Polish Rusyn (from Poland) and Jewish (from Poland) Polański (see Polanski ). Americanized form of Ukrainian and Rusyn Polyansky: topographic name derived from polyana ‘clearing glade’ also ‘(large) meadow’ or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called with this word. Americanized form of Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Polyansky: habitational name for someone from any of various places called with Ukrainian polyana (see 3 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022