Konieczny Explained

Konieczny (masculine), Konieczna (feminine) is a Polish surname. A possible origin is a nickname for a person who lived at the edge of a village, from the archaic meaning of the word konieczny, 'last', 'final'^{[1] [2]}

Early records of the surname are dated by 1425. Its bearers were both szlachta (Polish nobility) and commoners., there were over 14,000 persons with this surname in Poland.^[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

Konieczny

• Aleksy Konieczny (1925–?), Polish bobsledder
• Bartłomiej Konieczny (born 1981), Polish footballer
• Doug Konieczny (born 1951), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Edward J. Konieczny (born 1954), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
• Hans-Peter Konieczny, one of the members of the Red Army Faction
• Janusz Konieczny (senator) (born 1942), Polish politician
• Janusz Konieczny (general) (born 1946), Polish general
• Jerzy Konieczny (1950–2020), Polish politician
• Marian Konieczny (1930–2017), Polish sculptor
• Robert Konieczny (born 1969), Polish architect
• Tomasz Konieczny (born 1972), Polish opera singer
• Zdzisław Konieczny (1930–2016), Polish historian
• Zygmunt Konieczny (born 1937), Polish composer
• Zygmunt Konieczny (bobsleigh) (1927–2003), Polish bobsledder

Konieczna

• Aleksandra Konieczna (born 1965), Polish actress
• Aneta Konieczna (born 1978), Polish sprint canoer
• Karolina Konieczna, Polish road cyclist who competed in the 2006 UCI Road World Championships
• Klaudia Konieczna (born 1995), Polish volleyball player

See also

• • • Konečný (Czech variant)

Notes and References

1. Dictionary of American Family Names, 2013, Oxford University Press, as cited by ancestry.com
2. https://worsten.org/konieczny/aro/etymologia_konieczny.htm Etymologia nazwiska Konieczny