Nowogródski

Nowogródski is a Polish-language toponymic adjective and surname meaning “of Nowogródek,” referring to the town of Nowogródek (Navahrudak) and its surrounding historic region. The form is encountered in historical and genealogical contexts in Poland and in areas that were once part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Historically, Nowogródek was a significant town in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later served as the capital of the Nowogródek Voivodeship within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The voivodeship existed from the 16th century until the partitions of Poland in 1795, functioning as an administrative and cultural center in the borderlands between Lithuania and what is now Belarus.

In present-day geography, Nowogródek corresponds to Navahrudak in Belarus. The area is part of the Navahrudak (Novogrudski) District in the Grodno Region. The name Nowogródski continues to appear in historical sources, genealogies, and in the modern Belarusian and Polish names for the district and town.

As a surname, Nowogródski is a toponymic Polish surname derived from Nowogródek. The form varies with language and transliteration (Nowogródzki in Polish; Novogrudsky in Russian or Belarusian contexts).

See also Nowogród, Navahrudak, Novogrudok.