Family name origins & meanings
- German (Silesia and Lausitz) : from a Slavic pet form (Miszka) of any of various personal names, such as Polish Michał (see Michael), Mikołaj (see Nicholas), or a compound name such as Miłosław or Mirosław, the latter formed with mir ‘peace’.
- German (Silesia and Lausitz) : habitational name from any of several places so named in eastern Germany.