Lewicki Explained

Lewicki (feminine form: Lewicka) is a Polish-language surname. The surname may have several origins. It can be a patronymic surname from a diminutive of the Polish given name Lew "Lion" or the nickname Lewek "Left-handed".^[1] It can also be derived from either of the towns called Lewiczyn or, as a Jewish surname, from the meaning "of the Levites".^[2]

Other transliterations of the same surname include Levitzki, Levitsky and Lewycky/Lewycka

Notable people with the surname include:

• Anatol Lewicki (1841–1899), Polish historian
• Anders Lewicki (born 1967), Swedish footballer
• Artie Lewicki (born 1992), American baseball player
• Danny Lewicki (1931–2018), Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player
• Jan Lewicki (1795-1871), Polish artist
• Karin Lewicki (born 1977), American writer
• Karolina Lewicka, Polish filmmaker and writer
• Marta Lewicka (born 1972), American professor of mathematics
• Olga Lewicka (born 1975), Polish born visual artist
• Oscar Lewicki (born 1992), Swedish footballer
• Pawel Lewicki (born 1953), cognitive psychologist
• Simon Lewicki, known as Groove Terminator, Australian electronic music artist
• Tobias Lewicki (born 1993), Swedish footballer

Notes and References

1. Hanks & Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of Names
2. Dictionary of American Family Names, 2013, Oxford University Press