Zaretsky Family History
Zaretsky Name Meaning
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Ukrainian and Belorussian: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Zarechie (derived from the same Slavic words za and reka as 2 below) in Ukraine and Belarus. Compare Zarr . Ukrainian and Belorussian: topographic name for someone living ‘on the other side of the river’ derived from za ‘beyond’ + reka ‘river’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022