Ostrow Family History
Ostrow Name Meaning
Polish and Jewish (from Poland) (Ostrów): habitational name from any of several places called Ostrów named with ostrów ‘island water meadow’. Jewish (from Belarus): habitational name from any of several places in Belarus called Ostrov in Russian (compare 1 above). Jewish (American): shortened form of Ostrowski .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022