Ostrow

• Ostrov, Ostroff

Jewish and Polish surname Ostrów, from several placenames derived from ostrów (“river island”). Also shortened from Ostrowski.

Ostrow (plural Ostrows)

1. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ostrow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From Polish ostrów.

Ostrow m

1. (Low Prussian) island in rivers and lakes

• Frischbier, Hermann (1882–1883) “Ostrow”, in Preußisches Wörterbuch. Ost- und westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer (in German), volume 2, Berlin: Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin. (Adolph Enslin.), page 114