Czarniecki (; feminine: Czarniecka; plural: Czarnieccy) is a surname of

Polish language Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In a ...

origin. A variant of Czarnecki, it is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

for someone from

Czarnca Czarnca is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włoszczowa, within Włoszczowa County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Włoszczowa and west of the regional capital Kielce. ...

in Kielce voivodeship, or any of the various places called Czarnocin or Czarnia, all derived from the Polish adjective "czarny", which means 'black'. "Czarniecki"
ancestry.com, citing ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' The surname may refer to: *

House of Czarniecki Czarniecki (feminine form: Czarniecka, plural: Czarnieccy) was a Polish noble family. History The Czarniecki family was most prominent in the 17th century and can be traced back to the 14th century. The Łodzia coat of arms was given to the fami ...

Stefan Czarniecki Stefan Czarniecki (Polish: of the Łodzia coat of arms, 1599 – 16 February 1665) was a Polish nobleman, general and military commander. In his career, he rose from a petty nobleman to a magnate holding one of the highest offices in the Commo ...

(1599–1665), Polish military commander * Jan Czarniecki,

miecznik Swordbearer (Polish: ''miecznik'') was a court office in Poland. Responsible for the arsenal of the King and for carrying his sword. Since the 14th Century an honorable title of the district office, in Kingdom of Poland and after Union of Lublin i ...

of Krakow * Paweł Czarniecki (died 1664),

rotmistrz __NOTOC__ (German and Scandinavian for "riding master" or "cavalry master") is or was a military rank of a commissioned cavalry officer in the armies of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Scandinavia, and some other countries. A ''Rittmeister'' is typic ...

* Jan Czarniecki, bishop of

Kamieniec Podolski Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...

in 1677, Czerwinsk prior * Feliks Czarniecki (1871–1959), psychiatrist

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{{surname, Czarniecki, Czarniecka Polish-language surnames Jewish surnames pl:Czarniecki

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