#polish names

[ponurrrykociak]

There's a Polish driver in Indy rn named Tymek Kucharczyk, but commentators gave him a nickname so it was easier for them

What do they call him?

Timmy Ka-chow

[richloud]

Hey, do you want to hear about the changed names in the Polish version "And the haze will take us"?

of course you want.

Let's start with the main character: The Lada has been changed to Żywia.

"Żywia - of Slavic origin. The name comes from Żywia, the Slavic goddess of life, fertility and spring."

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Tata was transformed into Tola.

"Tola - Diminutive forms of names such as Anatolia, Otylia or Tolisława."

"Tolisława - old Polish female name. It consists of the elements Toli- (toliti – "to calm down", also: "to cuddle"), and -sława ("fame"). Meaning of the name: "calming fame", "modest"."

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Instead of Vereya we have Bogna.

"Bogna - Slavic name, a derivative (diminutive) of names starting with Bog-, initially both masculine and feminine. Some sources say that it comes from the Latin name Benigna, which means a polite, kind and friendly woman."

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You have Hannah, we have Mira.

"Mira - female name. It is a shortened (diminutive) form of the old Polish name Mirosława. A name of Slavic origin with unclear etymology. Most likely it comes from the root mir ("peace, world") and means: "harmonious, peaceful"."

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Ozar left and left Odolan behind.

"Odolan - male name of Slavic origin. It comes from the word: "(p)odołać" - to resist, to put up resistance, to overcome."

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Link to Polish wiki And the Haze Will Take Us: 🪞

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So that's it for now, this book only has two episodes translated in my language. I may or may not do a part two.

[wikluk]

Totally random, but - do you have favorite Polish names? ^_^

Yeah, that's very random buuut...

Hmm, I'm not a fan of traditional Polish names like Stanisław, Jan, Anna or Małgorzata.

So if I have to choose my favourites, they're gonna be rather unorthodox, I guess.

Feminine: Adela, Diana, Dalia, Hanna, Justyna, Wiktoria, Jagoda, Lidia, Sara, Adriana, Debora, Lea, Lilia, Gabriela

Masculine: Leon, Miłosz, Mieszko, Wiktor, Aleksy, Bastian, Jeremi, Gabriel

[keriwi1]

And the winner for the most confusing superhero name is...

Superkwoczka! I don't even know what to say about it. kwoczka means hen! Why would they give a duck this name!? It's just so stupid. anyway, Superhen, or superkwoczka is Daisy of course, but props for the costume since it could be any female duck (or hen I guess) under that mask. Also, Daisy does not goes around telling everyonee about her big friendship with herself, as far as I know, so no one susspect any connection between the two (i'm looking at you Duck Avenger). But I'm not gonna lie, I did not read enaught stories about her to say whatever I like her that much or not. She suffers of 'I'm a female main character of the story, so all men must be dumbed out' syndrom and this is just annoying.

[mandelene]

hello! I'm working on a fic that features nyo! Poland, and I was wordering what you, as a Polish person, thinks she could be named?

Hi, there! Yay! I’m so glad you’re writing a fic that involves nyo! Poland – we need more of her! Thank you for bestowing upon me the honor of getting to offer some name suggestions. (I’m fake Polish though, tbh – I’m definitely more American. My parents are the real deal. I just have Polish citizenship and speak Polish with my gross American twang, haha) The initial name that came to mind for me was Agnieszka but that’s way too many consonants lol. That’s just the name I think of when I think “stereotypical Polish woman” or Katarzyna, which is just as complicated (but can be shortened into Kasia). Some simpler ones are: Karolina, Halina, Monika, Zofia, Renata, Magdalena (or shortened to just Magda), Izabela, Kinga, Emilia, Angelika, Mariola, Gabriela, Ewa, Oliwia, and Sylwia (where the “w” is pronounced as a “v”). There’s also Ania, Joanna, Paulina, and Julia. I hope one of those works for you? Happy writing! 

[defining-names]

Jadzia

Slavic names for Spring, name suggestion 5.

Polish girls name Jadzia has a strong and masculine meaning, 'Battle & War'. Its Polish pronounciation is YAR-zjar, but if you're into Star Trek, it is pronounced JAD-ZEE-ah in Trill 🌟.

Jadzia is a nickname of Jadwiga, pronounced YARD-viga, and it originally derives from the German Hedwig (yes, like Harry Potters owl).

Jadzia Dax is the fictional Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character, she is a Trill and the eighth host of the Dax symbiont.

[defining-names]

Magdalena // Alluring // Elegant // Empathique Meaning of the name Magdalena: "Tower". Magdalena derives from the term Magdalene, which refers to people from the town of Magdala, Magdala means 'tower', thus the root meaning of this name would be 'tower'. Magdalena is a European name (used by many languages including Polish, Duth, Czech, Slavic, Danish, Greek, Spanish, German, Swedish) the English variant being Magdalene. Magdalena was popularised by Mary Magdalene from the Bible, the woman who followed Jesus, washed His feet with perfume and her hair, and spoke to him after He had risen from the dead. I particularly like nickname options Maggie and Leni, but there are many others such as Alena, Magda, Lena and Dala.

[namerandomchaos]

Sylwia

name: Sylwia

gender: feminine 

language: Polish

meaning: wood, forest 

Meaning, origin and history of the name Sylwia

The meaning, origin and history of the given name Sylwia