LIVE FORUMS / ARCHIVES / 2009
PolishForums - ARCHIVE Witamy in PolishForums Archive :
Archives / 2009 / Genealogy, Ancestry / posts: 4

MEANINGS OF SELECTED NAMES



Polonius3Threads: 1,005
Posts: 4,833
Joined: Apr 11, 08
  Jan 28, 09, 06:13 /  #
PŁOSZAJ - from the płoszyć (to scare up), possibly a nickname given to a hunt beater who hit tree trunks with a stick and rustled bushes to scare out any game for the squire to take pot shots at. Or a toponymic nickname from Płoszów or Płoszyce (Frightville, Scareboro).

BIELAŃSKI - Bielański means a resident of Bielany. That locality's name might be translated as Whiteville, Whitmont, etc.

STEFAN - popular Polish Christian name from Greek Stephanos meaning garland or crown.

IRENA - popular Polish Christian name from Greek goddess of peace, Eirene.

DUMANOWSKI - root from dumać (to ponder, think, ruminate, consider). There is a locality in Croatia called Duman which would be the perfect toponymic soruce. Dumanovksy is known in other Slavonic lands as well.
McCoyThreads: 46
Posts: 1,756
Joined: Jul 3, 08
  Jan 28, 09, 06:22 /  #
what about the names KUTASINSKI and POCIUPCIANY? I heard about both of these.
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
Posts: 4,833
Joined: Apr 11, 08
  Jan 28, 09, 08:53 /  #
Ain't you pulling my leg?
McCoyThreads: 46
Posts: 1,756
Joined: Jul 3, 08
  Jan 28, 09, 08:55 /  #
me? nooo (:

Go UPtop of page


Similar discussions:

Similar to: MEANINGS OF SELECTED NAMES
Are there multiple meanings for "jestes kochany"?
Diminutive first names
Polish Names [Autumn]
Cool Polish names
Help with these Polish names: Pelagia and more.
Names spelling for Grandparents
LIST OF POLISH FIRST NAMES
Help with Polish Nicknames / Diminutive Names
DO POL-AMS GIVE THEIR BABIES POLISH NAMES?
Jakubek Perski and other Polish Names

OBSCENE/FUNNY POLISH SURNAMES  looking for Basia Siekierzynska

Random: Where to buy bathroom items in Poland?
Archives / 2009 / Genealogy, Ancestry /posts: 4


This forum is archived (read-only).
Category:
© 2005-2010 PolishForums.com | PolishForums LIVE | Archives | Random | Statistics