Szczęsny Explained

Szczęsny (; feminine: Szczęsna), Szczesny, or Sczesny is a Polish given name and surname, meaning "lucky". It is the Polish equivalent of the Czech and Slovak surname Šťastný.

Notable people

Surname

• Bernard Szczęsny (1919–1999), Polish activist
• (born 1949), Polish journalist
• Maciej Szczęsny (born 1965), Polish football goalkeeper
• Piotr Szczęsny (1963–2017), Polish activist
• Roman Szczęsny (1929–2000), Polish geographer
• Stefan Szczesny (born 1951), German artist
• Wojciech Szczęsny (born 1990), Polish football goalkeeper
• Matt Sczesny (1932–2009), American baseball, manager, and scout

Given name

• Saint Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński (1822–1895), Archbishop of Warsaw
• Antoni Szczęsny Godlewski, (1923–1944) Polish legendary soldier
• Jan Szczęsny Herburt (1567–1616), Polish-Ukrainian political writer and diplomat
• Szczęsny Potocki (1753–1805), Polish military commander

Places

• Szczęsna, a village in Poland