Maslak Family History
Maslak Name Meaning
Polish and Jewish (from Poland) (Maślak): nickname from Polish maślak the name of a species of edible fungus. Slovak and Czech (Maslák); Polish and Jewish (from Poland) (Maślak); Ukrainian and Croatian; Rusyn (in Poland spelled Maślak): derivative of Slavic maslo (Polish masło) ‘butter’ applied as an occupational name for maker or seller of dairy produce or perhaps as nickname for someone who was ‘as soft as butter’. Croatian: nickname from maslak ‘revengeful man’ also ‘devil’ or perhaps from a homonymous plant's name denoting a thorn apple (Datura stramonium).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022