Palka Family History
Palka Name Meaning
Polish (Pałka) and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic; also Pałka): from Polish pałka ‘truncheon club’ used as a nickname applied either to a thin or stiff person or to one who used a truncheon as a weapon. Slovak (mainly Pálka): from páľka ‘quantity of products fired at one time’ or ‘burning pottery products in the furnace’ probably used as a metonymic occupational name (for a potter).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022