Sliwa Family History
Sliwa Name Meaning
Polish and Rusyn (from Poland) (Śliwa): metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of plums from śliwa ‘plum’. In some cases the surname may have arisen as a nickname from this word. Assyrian/Chaldean: from a male personal name based on Syriac ṣlīwā ‘cross’ used because of its Christian religious connotation. Compare Saliba 2 and Sliva
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022