Kamiński

Kamiński (feminine form: Kamińska , plural: Kamińscy) - outside of Poland also Kaminski  - is a family name . The name comes from East Prussia and Poland . There are different derivations depending on the origin.

If it comes from northern East Prussia, it is an indication of a place to live in a cleared area :

• Prussian - Lithuanian

kamienas = tree trunk, rootstock, trunk end of a felled tree

kamienis = herb stem

kaminai = moss

kamine = wild forest bee

If you come from southern East Prussia and Poland:

• Prussian

kamis = chimney

• Polish

kamień = stone

komin = chimney, chimney, narrow crevice in the rock

Name bearer

Form Kamiński or Kaminski

• Adam Kamiński (author) (* 1978), Polish poet, playwright and literary critic
• Adam Kamiński (volleyball player) (born 1984), Canadian volleyball player
• Aleksander Kamiński (1903–1978), Polish author and resistance fighter
• Alexander Stepanowitsch Kaminski (1829–1897), Russian architect
• Alfred Kaminski (* 1964), German football coach
• Anatoly Wladimirowitsch Kaminski (* 1950), Transnistrian politician
• André Kaminski (1923–1991), Swiss writer
• André Emanuel Kaminski (* 1985), German actor
• Andrzej J. Kamiński (1921–1985), Polish historian
• Anna Kaminski (* 1984), German actress
• Bert Kaminski (* 1969), German business economist and university lecturer
• Boris Kaminski (* 1977), German basketball trainer and basketball official
• Bronislaw Wladislawowitsch Kaminski (1899–1944), Russian collaborator and SS brigade leader
• Claudia Kaminski (* 1966), German doctor, journalist and moderator
• Frank Kaminski (* 1972), German music and film producer
• Franz Kaminski (entrepreneur) (before 1914 - after 1944), entrepreneur and founder of the wagon construction company of the same name
• Gerd Kaminski (* 1942), Austrian legal scholar and China researcher
• Gerhard Kaminski (* 1925), German psychologist
• Grigori Naumowitsch Kaminski (1894–1938), Soviet politician
• Hans Kaminski (* 1940), German business educator
• Hanns-Erich Kaminski (1899–1963), German journalist and writer
• Hartmut Kaminski (1944–2016), German filmmaker, artist and art dealer
• Heinrich Kaminski (1886–1946), German composer
• Heinz Kaminski (1921–2002), German space researcher
• Herbert Kaminski (1905–1971), German air force officer
• Jake Kaminski (* 1988), American archer
• Jakub Kamiński (* 2002), Polish football player
• Jan Bronislawowitsch Kaminski (* 1971), Russian ice hockey player
• Janusz Kamiński (* 1959), Polish-American cameraman
• Jarosław Kamiński (film editor) (* 1960), Polish film editor
• Jarosław Kamiński (politician) (* 1965), Lithuanian politician of Polish origin
• Jaroslaw Kaminski (writer) (* 1968), Polish writer, playwright, screenwriter and journalist
• Jonas Kaminski (* 1996), German volleyball player
• Joseph Kaminski (1903–1972), Israeli composer and violinist
• Karl Kaminski (1940–1978), German racing cyclist
• Marcin Kamiński (chess player) (* 1977), Polish chess player
• Marcin Kamiński (soccer player) (* 1992), Polish soccer player
• Marco Kaminski (athlete) (* 1964), Swiss marathon runner of Polish origin
• Marco Kaminski (soccer player) (* 1984), German soccer player
• Marek Kamiński (* 1964), Polish polar explorer
• Mariusz Kamiński (politician) (* 1965), Polish politician (NZS, PiS)
• Mariusz Kamiński (athlete) (born 1967), Polish marathon runner
• Mariusz Antoni Kamiński (* 1978), Polish politician
• Max G. Kaminski (1938–2019), German painter
• Michał Kamiński (* 1972), Polish politician
• Mik Kaminski (* 1951), British violinist
• Roman Kaminski (* 1951), German actor
• Romuald Kamiński (* 1955), Polish clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Warsaw-Praga
• Stanisław Kamiński (Resistance Fighter) (1896–1969), Polish resistance fighter
• Stanisław Kamiński (1919–1986), Polish philosopher
• Stefan Kaminski (* 1974), German actor, speaker and author
• Thomas Kaminski (* 1992), Belgian football goalkeeper
• Tomasz Kamiński (* 1979), Polish politician and sociologist
• Volker Kaminski (* 1958), German writer
• Wojciech Kamiński (* 1974), Polish basketball coach
• Zygmunt Kamiński (1933-2010), Polish Archbishop

Form Kamińska

• Esther Rachel Kamińska (1870–1925), Polish actress
• Ida Kamińska (1899–1980), Polish actress
• Magda Kamińska (* 1986), Polish squash player
• Ruth Kamińska (1920–2005), Polish actress

Other meanings

• Franz Kaminski Waggonbau , company founded in 1921 for railway wagons and tank cars
• Kaminski-Nunatak , Nunatak in Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica

See also

• Me and Kaminski , a novel by Daniel Kehlmann and a film based on it
• In the matter of Kaminski , a German TV film from 2005
• Kaminski Stone
• Kamensky
• Kaminsky

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Derivatives , summary on genealogy.net, accessed July 30, 2020