> > >I was told Wysocki means "tall" (seems true- I'm 6'3"). > > KK> "wysoki" means "tall, elevated, high." > > The letter 'c' "Wysocki" is pronounced like 'ts' in tsar so you would > get Vysotski. My uncle in England actually changed his name from > Pawlicki to Pavlitski to try and keep it sounding "right". Wysocki does indeed suggest 'wysoki' = tall. However, the -cki versus -ski is just an orthographic/grammatic consequence of the ending of the root word. K in 'wysoK*' (* meaning: whatever ending) will only be 'converted' into C in the adjective-like name. > > >Just curious of any meaning if name ends in 'ski', > > >'cki', or other. > > My father has always insisted that names that ended in 'cki' or 'ski' > are from the nobility. For example: Potocki, Czartoryski, etc. I am afraid it is not exactly true... Anna CzarnieCka (from Czarnca, or, according to some, Czarnka)