Lach (: ), Lyakh or Ljach is a surname. It was used by
East Slavs
The East Slavs are the most populous subgroup of the Slavs. They speak the East Slavic languages, and formed the majority of the population of the medieval state Kievan Rus', which they claim as their cultural ancestor.John Channon & Robert H ...
to refer to
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
.
[ Ethnic Poles in ]Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sącz (; hu, Újszandec; yi, Tzanz, צאַנז; sk, Nový Sonč; german: Neu-Sandez) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. It has ...
(south-eastern Poland) also used the name, referring to themselves as '' Lachy Sądeckie''. According to Paweł Jasienica
Paweł Jasienica was the pen name of Leon Lech Beynar (10 November 1909 – 19 August 1970), a Poles, Polish historian, journalist, essayist and soldier.
During World War II, Jasienica (then, Leon Beynar) fought in the Polish Army, and later, ...
, it derives from the name of an ancient Polish tribe, the Lendians. Due to population resettlements of ethnic Poles after the Soviet annexation of eastern Polish territories (see Kresy), it is slightly more frequent in western Poland. Over 10,000 people have this surname in Poland.Lach Name Meaning and History
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Lach served as a short form of the personal name
Ladislav
Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava.
Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada.
Spellings and variations
In Bulgarian ...
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It is also a variant of Lah, a
Slovene word for
Vlachs
"Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other Easter ...
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Notable people with the name include:
* ]Andrei Lyakh
Andrei Ivanovich Lyakh (russian: Андрей Иванович Лях; born 24 September 1990) is a Russian professional football player who plays for FC Ufa.
Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Kh ...
(born 1990), Russian footballer
* Elmer Lach
Elmer James Lach (, January 22, 1918 – April 4, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 14 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL). A centre, he was a member of the Punch line, along with Ma ...
(1918–2015), Polish-Canadian
Polish Canadians ( pl, Polonia w Kanadzie, french: Canadiens Polonais) are Canadian nationality law, citizens of Canada with Polish ancestry, and Poles who Citizenship and Immigration Canada, immigrated to Canada from abroad. At the Canada 2016 c ...
ice hockey player
* Günter Lach
Günter Lach (13 July 1954 – 15 December 2021) was a German politician who served as a member of the Bundestag, and was mayor of Vorsfelde and Wolfsburg.
Biography
Lach was born on 13 July 1954 in , Wolfsburg. In 1970, he started working for ...
(1954—2021), German politicians
* Juan Sebastian Lach (born 1970), Mexican composer
See also
* Lech (name)
Lech () is a Polish language, Polish masculine given name. Lech was the name of the Lech, Czech, and Rus, legendary founder of Poland. Lech also appears as a surname, with 14,289 people having the name in Poland.Polish name
Polish names have two main elements: the given name, and the surname. The usage of personal names in Poland is generally governed by civil law, church law, personal taste and family custom.
The law requires a given name to indicate the person's ...
* Lendians
References
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Polish-language surnames