# Czajkowski

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**Czajkowski** (t͡ʂajˈkɔfskʲi, feminine: **Czajkowska**, plural: **Czajkowscy**) is a Polish noble family name for several [coats of arms](/source/Coats_of_arms).[1] The name derives from several locations names [Czajki](/source/Czajki_(disambiguation)), [Czajków](/source/Czajk%C3%B3w_(disambiguation)), or [Czajkowo](/source/Czajkowo), all derived from the name of the bird *czajka*, '[lapwing](/source/Lapwing)'.[citation needed]

[Tchaikovsky](/source/Tchaikovsky_(surname)) is a transcription in various languages.

## People

- [Adrian Czajkowski](/source/Adrian_Czajkowski) (born 1972), real name of British author [Adrian Tchaikovsky](/source/Adrian_Tchaikovsky)
- [Andrzej Czajkowski](/source/Andrzej_Czajkowski) (1935–1982), Polish classical pianist and composer
- [Antoni Czajkowski](/source/Antoni_Czajkowski) (1816–1873), Polish writer
- James Paul Czajkowski (born 1961), real name of American author [James Rollins](/source/James_Rollins)
- [Jim Czajkowski](/source/Jim_Czajkowski) (born 1963), American baseball player
- [Jorge D. Czajkowski](/source/Jorge_D._Czajkowski) (born 1961), Argentine-Polish architect, scientist and writer
- [Józef Czajkowski](/source/J%C3%B3zef_Czajkowski) (1872–1947), Polish artist and architect
- [Krystyna Czajkowska](/source/Krystyna_Czajkowska) (born 1936), Polish volleyball player
- [Michał Czajkowski](/source/Micha%C5%82_Czajkowski) (1804–1886), Polish-Ukrainian writer
- Michelle Fus ( Michelle Czajkowski; born 1988), creator of webcomic [Ava's Demon](/source/Ava's_Demon)
- [Ryszard Czajkowski](/source/Ryszard_Czajkowski) (born 1933), Polish geophysicist and writer
- [Stanisław Czaykowski](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_Czaykowski) (1899–1933), Polish Count and motor racing driver
- [Stanisław Czajkowski](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_Czajkowski) (1878–1954), Polish landscape painter
- [Zbigniew Czajkowski](/source/Zbigniew_Czajkowski) (1921–2019), Polish fencer
- [Zbigniew Czajkowski-Dębczyński](/source/Zbigniew_Czajkowski-D%C4%99bczy%C5%84ski) (1926–1999), Polish participant in Warsaw Uprising
- [Zofia Czajkowska](/source/Zofia_Czajkowska) (1905–1978), Polish musician and political prisoner

## Fictional characters

- [Magda Czajkowski](/source/Magda_Czajkowski), character on British serial drama *Eastenders*

## References

1. Further information (in Polish): [Czajkowscy](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czajkowscy)

## See also

- [Tchaikovsky (disambiguation)](/source/Tchaikovsky_(disambiguation))

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