Žukauskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. It is a Lithuanized form of a Polish counterpart: Żukowski or Russian counterpart: Zhukovsky. These derive from the Slavic word zhuk for "bug". Its feminine forms are: Žukauskienė (married woman or widow) and Žukauskaitė (unmarried woman).
Žukauskas | |
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Lithuanian surname | |
m.: | Žukauskas |
f.: (unmarried) | Žukauskaitė |
f.: (married) | Žukauskienė |
f.: (short) | Žukauskė |
Related names | Zhukovsky, Zukowski |
The surname may refer to:
- Eurelijus Žukauskas, basketball player ofLithuania men's national basketball team
- Mindaugas Žukauskas, basketball player of Lithuanian national basketball team;
- Silvestras Žukauskas, general in the Russian army, and later in his native Lithuania, after it regained its independence in 1918;
- Antanas Žukauskas, Lithuanian writer, dramatist