{{wiktionary|Czajkowski}} '''Czajkowski''' ({{IPA|pl|t͡ʂajˈkɔfskʲi}}, feminine: '''Czajkowska''', plural: '''Czajkowscy''') is a Polish noble family name for several coats of arms.<ref>Further information (in Polish): :pl:Czajkowscy <!-- unfortunately Polish article is unreferenced. I will need to write English one from scratch -Staszek Lem--></ref> The name derives from several locations names Czajki, Czajków, or Czajkowo, all derived from the name of the bird ''czajka'', 'lapwing'.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
Tchaikovsky is a transcription in various languages.
==People== * Adrian Czajkowski (born 1972), real name of British author Adrian Tchaikovsky * Andrzej Czajkowski (1935–1982), Polish classical pianist and composer * {{ill|Antoni Czajkowski|pl}} (1816–1873), Polish writer * James Paul Czajkowski (born 1961), real name of American author James Rollins * Jim Czajkowski (born 1963), American baseball player * Jorge D. Czajkowski (born 1961), Argentine-Polish architect, scientist and writer * Józef Czajkowski (1872–1947), Polish artist and architect * Krystyna Czajkowska (born 1936), Polish volleyball player * Michał Czajkowski (1804–1886), Polish-Ukrainian writer * Michelle Fus ({{nee}} Michelle Czajkowski; born 1988), creator of webcomic Ava's Demon * {{ill|Ryszard Czajkowski|pl}} (born 1933), Polish geophysicist and writer * Stanisław Czaykowski (1899–1933), Polish Count and motor racing driver * {{ill|Stanisław Czajkowski|pl|Stanisław Czajkowski (malarz)}} (1878–1954), Polish landscape painter * Zbigniew Czajkowski (1921–2019), Polish fencer * {{ill|Zbigniew Czajkowski-Dębczyński|pl}} (1926–1999), Polish participant in Warsaw Uprising * Zofia Czajkowska (1905–1978), Polish musician and political prisoner
== Fictional characters== * Magda Czajkowski, character on British serial drama ''Eastenders''
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==See also== * {{intitle|Czajkowski}} * Tchaikovsky (disambiguation)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Czajkowski}} Category:Polish-language surnames Category:Polish toponymic surnames