Danilowicz is a Polish-language surname of, among others, a noble family of
Rutheninan origin and
Jews
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with roots in
Danilavičy,
Belarus
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and other place names which include "Daniłowicz" (including the form "Daniłowicze"
) in their names. Its archaic feminine forms are Daniłowiczówna (unmarried) and Daniłowiczówa (married).
A transliteration of its Ruthenian/Russian form is Danilovich, Ukrainian: Danilovych, Belarusian: Danilavich/Danilovich. The surname should not be confused with the
East Slavic patronymic "Danilovich". Both literally mean the same, "son of
Danilo
Danilo is a given name found in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Serbian.
Notable people with the name Danilo include:
Athletes Footballers
* Danilo (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian footballer Danilo de Andrade
* Danilo (footballer, born 19 ...
", but in the pronunciation of the surname the stress syllable is
penultimate, while in the patronymic the second syllable is stressed.
Variant forms include
Danilowitz,
Danilovitz, and
Danielevitz. The name in Yiddish is spelled דאַנילאָוויץ (Danilovitz'')''.
The same surname in Serbian is
Danilović
Danilović ( sr-Cyrl, Даниловић) is a Serbian surname, meaning "the son of Danilo".
People with this name
*Branislav Danilović (born 1988), football goalkeeper
*Damian Danilović (born 1984), World Champion ballroom dancer
*Goran Danilo ...
.
The surname may refer to:
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Jan Daniłowicz
Jan Daniłowicz (1570–1628) was a Polish nobleman, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodeship and grandfather of King Jan III Sobieski.
He was voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship since 1613, castellan of Lviv since 1612, Great Krajczy of the Crown s ...
(1558–1624), Polish noble
*
Jan Mikołaj Daniłowicz
Jan Mikołaj Daniłowicz (born 1607 in Vilnius – 20 November 1650) was a Polish–Lithuanian noble and politician. Crown Podstoli from 1620, Crown Court Treasurer from 1627, and from 1632, Grand Crown Treasurer.
He was the son of Mikołaj Dan ...
(1607–1650), Polish noble
*
Jean Danilovich (born 1946), American amateur tennis player
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John Danilovich (born 1950), American business executive
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Mikołaj Daniłowicz
Mikołaj Daniłowicz (c. 1558 – 30 May 1624) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman and politician. He was Castellan of Lviv from 1614, Treasurer of the Crown Court from 1610, Grand Treasurer of the Crown from 1617, Speaker of the Sejm in 1593, amo ...
(1570–1628), Polish noble
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Ruvik Danilovich (born 1971), Israeli politician
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Teofila Zofia Sobieska
Teofila Zofia Sobieska, née Daniłowicz (Polish: ''Daniłowiczówna'') (1607 – 27 November 1661) was a Polish noblewoman (''szlachcianka''), mother of Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland.
Zofia Teofila was the daughter of Voivode of Ruthenia Ja ...
, née Daniłowiczówna (1607–1661), Polish noble
References
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Polish-language surnames
Surnames of Jewish origin
Surnames from given names
Jewish toponymic surnames