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The Jutrzenka family can be traced to the village of Trzebiatkow in Pomerania. Szymon Jutrzenka was one of the six “warriors” given a portion of the village in 1515 by Duke Bogusław X. The village is now part of Poland. The family may be descended from Borislaw Genderick, a knight of Trzebiatkow, circa 1313.
The Jutrzenka family name has been spelled in various ways, including Gendreka, Gendrecka, Genzdrecka, Genderik, Gitrsinki, Gittersinka, Jettzynka, Jęzdrecka, Jendrecka, Jtsenka, Jettrynka, Guntersinki, Gintersonka, Jutrzenka, and other variants, The family may have changed the spelling to Jutrzenka because that name means "Morning Star." A few members later changed it to the more Germanic Morgenstern, and some have adapted older variants of the name.