The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time.
Volume XVI of Nazwy Miejscowe Polski lists several places called Strachocin. The first entry is for a village currently in the Masovian Voivodeship.
Nazwy Miejscowe Polski indicates that Strachocin is two villages today (Stary Strachocin and Nowy Strachocin), was in the Szelkówa Gmina, Ostrów Voivodeship in the years 1975-1998, and is 11 kilometers southeast of Maków Mazowiecki. Mentions of the village include Strachocino in 1431, Strachoczyno in 1479, Pyeczkowsky in 1482, Pyeczkowsky [“about their assets Pyeczkowo otherwise Strachoczyno“], Pyeczkowo in 1504, Pyeczkowo and Strachoczyno in 1511, Strachoczyno in 1512, Strachoczino in 1582, Strachocino in 1783, Strachocin in 1827, Strachocino in 1890, Strachocin Szlachecki and Strachocin Nowy in 1921, Strachocin Stary and Strachocin Nowy in 1952, Stary Strachocin, -rego -na, Nowy Strachocin, -wego -na, and Strachocki in 1971.
The name of the village may originate from the name of a settlement Strachota (Strachomir, Strach) with the suffix -ino or -in. In the 20th century, as a result of the division of villages, the names acquired elements distinguishing them using adjectives szlachecki [noble], stary [old], and nowy [new]. In the 15th-16th centuries, the variant name Pieczkowo probably referred to the manor next to the village and was derived from the surname Piec(z)ek, Piec(z)ko with the suffix -owo.
Source: Bijak, Urszula and Paweł Swoboda, ed., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski (Place Names of Poland) – Krakow 2021, Volume XVI, page 59.
Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski entry for Strachocin. Translated rom the Polish, the entry reads:
Strachocin (1), today Stary Strachocin and Nowy Strachocin, two villages, Ostrów voivodeship, Szelków gmina, 11 kilometers southeast of Maków Mazowiecki: Strachocino 1431 MkM II no. 328; Strachoczyno 1479 SHGMz (Ep. 13, 208v–209); Johanne Pyeczkowsky 1482 SHGMz(Ep. 11, 256v); noble Joh. Pyeczkowsky […] about their assets Pyeczkowo otherwise Strachoczyno 1497 SHGMz(Ep. 15, 122); noble Johannis de Pyeczkowo 1504 SHGMz(Ep. 16, 205); Pyeczkowo, Strachoczyno 1511 SHGMz(PT 1, 118v); Strachoczyno 1512 SHGMz (Ep. 7, 6v); Strachoczino 1582 ŹDz XVI 392; Strachocino 1783 MpPerMz; Strachocin 1827 Tabella II 201; Strachocino 1890 SG XI 381; Strachocin Szlachecki, Strachocin Nowy 1921 Sk I 77; Strachocin Stary, Strachocin Nowy 1952 UW 15; Stary Strachocin, -rego -na, Nowy Strachocin, -wego -na, Strachocki 1971 UN 129, 48, 46. — From the name of a settlement Strachota SSNO V 217 (: Strachomir, Strach), with suffix -ino, secondarily -in. In the 20th century, as a result of the division of villages, the names acquired elements distinguishing them from adjectives szlachecki [noble], stary [old] and nowy [new]. In the 15th-16th centuries, the variant name Pieczkowo appears (probably referring to the manor next to the village), derived from the surname Piec(z)ek, Piec(z)ko (SSNO IV 231), with the suffix -owo. Lithuanian: ZMaz 347.
Urszula Bijak
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