Konieczny
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'.[1]
Early records of the surname are dated by 1408 (Petro dicto Koneczni) or 1526 (Kon(i)eczny). As of 2026, there were over 26,000 persons with this surname in Poland.[1]
Variants: Koneczny, Skoneczny, Skonieczny. Abroad it can take the form Konietzny. [1] Czech-language counterpart: Konečný.
Notable people with the surname include:
Konieczny
- Aleksy Konieczny (1925–?), Polish bobsledder
- Bartłomiej Konieczny (born 1981), Polish footballer
- Doug Konieczny (born 1951), American baseball player
- Edward J. Konieczny (born 1954), American bishop from Oklahoma
- Hans-Peter Konieczny, one of the members of the Red Army Faction
- 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
- Klaudia Konieczna (born 1995), Polish volleyball player
See also
- All pages with titles containing Konieczny
- All pages with titles containing Konieczna
References
- ^ a b c KONIECZNY, Institute of the Polish Language, Polish Academy of Sciences