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', 'final'
[''Dictionary of American Family Names'', 2013, Oxford University Press, as cited by ancestry.com][Etymologia nazwiska Konieczny]
, Polish Academy of Sciences
Early records of the surname are dated by 1425. Its bearers were both ''
szlachta
The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the ...
'' (Polish nobility) and commoners. , there were over 14,000 persons with this surname in Poland.
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Spelling variant: ]Koneczny
Feliks Karol Koneczny (; 1 November 1862 – 10 February 1949) was a Polish historian, theatrical critic, librarian, journalist and social philosopher. He founded the original system of the comparative science of civilizations.
Biography
Kon ...
, Czech-language variant: Konečný
Konečný (Czech and Slovak feminine: Konečná) is a surname of Czech and Slovak origin. It may refer to:
* Alena Konečná (born 1984), Czech cyclist
* Jakub Konečný (born 2002), Czech ice hockey player
* Jaroslav Konečný (1945–2017), Czech ...
.
Notable people with the surname include:
Konieczny
* Aleksy Konieczny (1925–?), Polish bobsledder
* Bartłomiej Konieczny
Bartłomiej Konieczny (born 9 June 1981) is a Polish former footballer.
External links
*
1981 births
Living people
Polish men's footballers
Amica Wronki players
Warta Poznań players
Kania Gostyń players
Widzew Łódź players
Górn ...
(born 1981), Polish footballer
* Doug Konieczny (born 1951), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Edward J. Konieczny
Edward J. Konieczny (born December 20, 1954) was the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, United States. After studies at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, he was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1994. He was elected ...
(born 1954), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
* Hans-Peter Konieczny, one of the members of the Red Army Faction
* Janusz Konieczny (senator) (born 1942), Polish politician
* Janusz Konieczny (general) (born 1946), Polish general
* Jerzy Konieczny
Jerzy Marian Konieczny (12 September 1950 – 27 July 2020) was a Polish lawyer, civil servant, academic and author. Konieczny served as the Chief of the Urząd Ochrony Państwa (UOP), Poland's former intelligence agency, from 1992 to 1993. He ...
(1950–2020), Polish politician
* Marian Konieczny (1930–2017), Polish sculptor
* Robert Konieczny (born 1969), Polish architect
* Tomasz Konieczny
Tomasz Konieczny (; born 10 January 1972) is a Polish bass-baritone.
Life and work
He was born on 10 January 1972 in Łódź, Poland. He commenced his studies as an actor at the Film, TV and Theatre Academy in Łódź. Following this he studied ...
(born 1972), Polish opera singer
* Zdzisław Konieczny (1930–2016), Polish historian
* Zygmunt Konieczny (born 1937), Polish composer
* (1927–2003), Polish bobsledder
Konieczna
* Aleksandra Konieczna
Aleksandra Konieczna (born 13 October 1965) is a Polish film and stage actress. She is a three-time Polish Film Award winner for her roles in '' The Last Family'' (2016), ''A Cat with a Dog'' (2018) and '' Corpus Christi'' (2019). Her television ...
(born 1965), Polish actress
* Aneta Konieczna
Aneta Regina Konieczna née Pastuszka (born 11 May 1978, in Krosno Odrzańskie) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, she won three medals in the K-2 500 m event with one silver (2008) ...
(born 1978), Polish sprint canoer
* Karolina Konieczna
Karolina Konieczna is a road cyclist from Poland. She represented her nation at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number.
In ma ...
, Polish road cyclist who competed in the 2006 UCI Road World Championships
* Klaudia Konieczna (born 1995), Polish volleyball player
See also
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References
{{surname, Konieczny, f. Konieczna
Polish-language surnames