Solak Family History
Solak Name Meaning
Polish: metonymic occupational name for a salt producer or seller from sól ‘salt’. Compare Solarz . Polish: possibly also a patronymic from the personal name Sól literally ‘salt’. Turkish Bosniak Croatian and Serbian: nickname or occupational name from Turkish solak ‘left-handed person’ also ‘member of janissary division’ which is also a loanword in Bosnian Croatian and Serbian. As a Turkish name it may also be ornamental. The Croatian and Serbian surname are very rare.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022