Głowacki
Appearance
Głowacki, Glovatsky, Hlovatskyi, Golovatsky, or Holovatskyi is a surname derived from golva (Slavic for "head"). Its Ukrainian and Belarusian forms are generally transcribed beginning with an 'H' but may also be written with a 'G'.
Language | Masculine | Feminine | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Polish | Głowacki ([ɡwɔˈvat͡ski]) |
Głowacka ([ɡwɔˈvat͡ska]) |
Głowaccy ([ɡwɔˈvat͡st͡sɨ]) |
Belarusian (Romanization) |
Галавацкі (Halavacki, Halavatski) Главацкі (Hlavacki, Hlavatski) |
Галавацкая (Halavackaja, Halavatskaya, Halavatskaia) Главацкая (Hlavackaja, Hlavatskaya, Hlavatskaia) | |
Russian (Romanization) |
Головацкий (Golovatsky, Golovatskiy, Golovatskij) Гловацкий (Glovatsky, Glovatskiy, Glovatskij) |
Головацкая (Golovatskaya, Golovatskaia, Golovatskaja) Гловацкая (Glovatskaya, Glovatskaia, Glovatskaja) | |
Ukrainian (Romanization) |
Головацький (Holovatskyi, Holovatskyy, Holovatskyj) Гловацький (Hlovatskyi, Hlovatskyy, Hlovatskyj) |
Головацька (Holovatska) Гловацька (Hlovatska) |
People
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksander Głowacki, known by the pen name Bolesław Prus
- Anton Glovatsky (born 1988), Russian ice hockey winger
- Arkadiusz Głowacki (born 1979), Polish footballer
- Andrzej Głowacki, Polish graphic artist
- Antoni Głowacki (1910-1980), Polish fighter pilot
- Jan Nepomucen Głowacki (1802-1847), Polish painter
- Janusz Głowacki (1938–2017), Polish-American author
- Jerzy Głowacki (born 1950), Polish cyclist
- Krzysztof Głowacki (born 1986), Polish boxer
- Léon Glovacki, French footballer
- Marcin Głowacki (born 1973), Polish ice dancer
- Ryszard Głowacki (born 1937), Polish engineer
- Vadim Glovatsky (1970–2015), Kazakhstani ice hockey defender
- Wojciech Bartosz Głowacki (1758-1794), Polish insurgent