Skarbek

Skarbek (archaic feminine by marriage: Skarbkowa, archaic feminine by birth: Skarbkówna) is a Polish language surname, which originally meant a rich individual or miser, derived from the word skarb, meaning "treasure" or "wealth".^[1] The name may refer to:

• Skarbek family (Skarbkowie) a Polish noble family of Abdank coat of arms raised to the rank of untitled nobility in the 11th century; branches of the family were granted the title of count in Galicia in 1778 and in Austria and Russia in 1835.^[2]
• Alfred Skarbek Korzybski (1879–1950), Polish philosopher
• Andrew Skarbek (game show contestant) (born 1967 or 1968), Australian game show winner
• Andrzej Skarbek (1925–2011), Polish psychiatrist and psychotherapist
• Anna Skarbek (born 1976), Australian businesswoman
• Charlie Skarbek (born 1953), British musician
• Fryderyk Skarbek (1792–1866), Polish economist
• Honorata Skarbek (born 1992), Polish singer
• Krystyna Skarbek (1908–1952), Polish intelligence agent
• Maria Skarbkowa, name by the first marriage of Maria Wodzińska (1819–1896), Polish artist who was once engaged to composer Frédéric Chopin
• Marjorie Skarbek (born 1944), British writer
• Rafał Skarbek-Malczewski, Polish snowboarder
• Sacha Skarbek (born 1972), British musician
• Stefan Skarbek (born 1979), British musician

Coat of arms of Counts Skarbek

See also

• All pages with titles containing Skarbek

References

1. Dictionary of American Family Names. "Skarbek Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 4 January 2016.
2. Скарбек, род, in Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary