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Knasinski Name Meaning
Polish (Krasiński): habitational name for someone from Krasne in Masovian Voivodeship, named with a derivative of krasny ‘beautiful’.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of various places in Ukraine and Belarus called Krasnaya, Krasna, or Krasnoe; it is a cognate with the Polish name above. In some cases this may also be a variant transliteration of the rare Ukrainian or Belorussian cognate Krasinsky.
History: This is the surname of a very large and well-known Polish family, with numerous branches, the oldest of which can be traced back to the 15th century. The Romantic poet Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–59) was a member of this family.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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