Zając
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Zając (archaic feminine: Zającowa, plural Zającowie) is one of the most common surnames in Poland and the third most popular in Lesser Poland. The English translation of this surname is "hare".[1] The second vowel of the name, generally rendered as "a" in English-speaking countries, is the nasalized ą of Polish, producing, in Polish, a sound somewhat more like a long ō in English. Without the nasalized ą (namely as "Zajac") the name also appears outside the Polish setting, sometimes with a variant spelling, especially in connection with other Slavic nationalities.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Bogdan Zając (born 1972), Polish football defender
- Jack Zajac (born 1929), American artist
- Józef Zając, (1891–1963)
- Marcin Zając (born 1975), Polish football midfielder
- Marek Zając (born 1973), Polish football defender
- Stanisław Zając (born 1949), Polish politician
- Travis Zajac (born 1985), Polish-Canadian hockey player
See also
- Zając, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
- Zajac (disambiguation)
References
- ^ J. Stanisławski, English-Polish and Polish - English Dictionary, David McKay Company, Inc., p. 379
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