Waliszewski

Waliszewski [valiˈʂɛvski] (with its female form Waliszewska [valiˈʂɛvska] and plural form Waliszewscy [valiˈʂɛvst͡sɨ]) is a Polish surname of toponymic origin, deriving either from Waliszewice, two small villages with the name Waliszew or a third, now defunct Waliszew which later separated into Waliszew Dworski and Stary Waliszew, small settlements in the Łódź and Masovian voivodeships.^[1] The stem of the toponym Waliszew is derived from the diminutive form Walisz of the old Polish male name Walisław/Wolisław (from Polish wola "will" and sława "glory").^[1]

Notable people with this surname include:

• Aleksandra Waliszewska (born 1976), Polish painter
• Leszek Zygmunt Waliszewski (born 1953), Solidarity Resistance co-founder, businessman
• Kazimierz Waliszewski (1849–1935), Polish author of history
• Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897–1936), Polish painter