Cool Polish names

Eurola:

My friend in Texas named her son Jerzy. Poor kid has his name mispronounced all the time. Mostly, it sounds like jersey and he hates it.

Do your son a favor, name him Andrew and just call him Andrzej at home if you like. It is a very nice name, but too hard to pronounce.

Tran AnhThreads: 2 Posts: 128 Joined: Jun 23, 07	Apr 6, 08, 17:23 / #
Mali: I forgot about the pan! Hey, it is just under your mat. Gosh, you have not washed that??? What's this? Damn, this collar!!! You ate my dog!!!!! Mali: it will take on a new life every time you type it. As long as Polish is concerned, 'copy and paste' does save life...

tornado2007Threads: 20 Posts: 3,497 Joined: Jul 11, 07	Apr 25, 08, 14:05 / #
Thread attached on merging: Favourite & Least Favourite Polish names So what do you like what don't you like, i guess its comes down to personal experience of people with those names or you might just find the name a mouthful to say. You may just think its the cutest name in the world or think its the most manly so lets here them, male and female: Favourite Female: Kasia Male: Andrzej Least Favourite: Female: Karolina Male: Bartosz

DomPolskiThreads: 8 Posts: 35 Joined: Sep 13, 07	May 5, 08, 07:39 / #
I like these names: Blazej, Radoslaw, Kasia, Jagoda

KaylynThreads: - Posts: 24 Joined: Apr 22, 08	May 5, 08, 21:38 / #
Tran Anh: Tranowsław Annihilatorzczewiczki Wow I tried to say this out loud and had a hard time! lol! Is Izador a Polish name?

polishgirltx	May 5, 08, 21:44 / #
Kaylyn: Tranowsław Annihilatorzczewiczki Wow I tried to say this out loud and had a hard time! lol! lol...i had a hard time too :) Kaylyn: Is Izador a Polish name? Izydor is. tornado2007: Favourite Polish names tornado2007: Favourite Female: Kasia I still don't get why.... hmmm...

Kasia84Threads: 10 Posts: 39 Joined: Oct 14, 07	Edited by: Kasia84 May 6, 08, 14:22 / #
For girls: Celina, Zosia, Oliwia (probably not Polish but I heard it is pretty popular among Poles in Poland :)) For guys: Jakub (Kubus) I had a bird named Kubus ;), Bazyli, Czarek :P (I met this really cool guy here; he came to work here for the summer, lived with us - close fam's friend's son...first time I heard this name...I thought it was pretty cool name :)) what is the actual - the longer version of Czarek??

Eagle20Threads: 33 Posts: 129 Joined: Dec 12, 07	May 6, 08, 16:19 / #
Kasia84: what is the actual - the longer version of Czarek?? Cezary

Kasia84Threads: 10 Posts: 39 Joined: Oct 14, 07	May 6, 08, 20:41 / #
Eagle20: Cezary dzenki! I thought it was Czeslaw

polishgirltx	May 6, 08, 20:43 / #
Kasia84: Kasia84 Czesław = Czesiek Cezary = Czarek

rumanuThreads: 2 Posts: 17 Joined: Apr 11, 07	May 15, 08, 20:42 / #
What is the shorter version of Mikołaj? In other words the equivelent of Nick in Polish? Mikołajek?

z_dariusThreads: 22 Posts: 5,091 Joined: Oct 18, 07	May 15, 08, 20:45 / #
rumanu: Mikołajek? yes I also heard Mikuś

nauraThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: May 17, 08	May 17, 08, 23:46 / #
OMG, how do you PRONOUNCE those names?? lol

ForsakenOneThreads: - Posts: 48 Joined: Dec 6, 07	May 18, 08, 03:26 / #
How do you pronounce Wojciech? ;-)

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,814 Joined: May 9, 07	May 18, 08, 06:39 / #
ForsakenOne: How do you pronounce Wojciech? → [voy-chyeH] :)

Wyspianska	May 18, 08, 08:39 / #
panienka: i love male names which start with D: Daniel, Dawid, Damian, Dominik my bro's name is Darek (Dariusz) and he's hot just like his sis is hah. want his mobile number? :P My name is Ewelina but friends and my boy call me Ewi for short. There are some other versions of my name such as Eveline but Polish one is original everywhere I go to foreign country hehe When I get know my boy who's English with my Polish friend Grzesiu, he was like WTF :D not easy to pronounce huh?

panienkaThreads: 2 Posts: 215 Joined: Mar 4, 08	May 19, 08, 11:34 / #
Wyspianska: my bro's name is Darek (Dariusz) and he's hot just like his sis is hah. want his mobile number? :P haha, photo at first... :)

nikolaThreads: 3 Posts: 18 Joined: Dec 7, 07	Edited by: nikola May 19, 08, 12:02 / #
i really like Agnieszka, Igor, Sebastian and Kasper. (:

ricardoThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: May 19, 08	May 19, 08, 18:15 / #
I like: gosia, kasia and asia nice names and also Kuba ;)

lprzygodskiThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Jun 1, 08	Jun 1, 08, 22:04 / #
My husband and I are expecting our first child and if it's a boy, we want to name him Andrzej. However, being in the US, few can pronounce the rz. We figure it will probably get pronounced more like Andzej. Is it acceptable to spell the name Andzej or should we be purists and spell the name correctly and have people mispronounce it all the time? Any advice would be appreciated.

EurolaThreads: 6 Posts: 2,647 Joined: Dec 2, 06	Jun 1, 08, 22:18 / #
I'm afraid he will end up being called Andrew.... My friend in Texas named her son Jerzy. Poor kid has his name mispronounced all the time. Mostly, it sounds like jersey and he hates it. Do your son a favor, name him Andrew and just call him Andrzej at home if you like. It is a very nice name, but too hard to pronounce. (my legal name is hard to pronounce and my American coworkers and friends "gave" a nick name, luckily a nice one, and it stuck with me for the last 28 years). :)

TamaraThreads: 10 Posts: 214 Joined: Mar 1, 07	Jun 1, 08, 22:31 / #
Eurola: My friend in Texas named her son Jerzy. Poor kid has his name mispronounced all the time. Mostly, it sounds like jersey and he hates it. Do your son a favor, name him Andrew and just call him Andrzej at home if you like. It is a very nice name, but too hard to pronounce. Wait a minute, wait a minute - you just hit on a VERY sore spot for me. Call me racist but WHY can other people make up names for their children like shayola, raayneesha, vaneesha, etc. (you get what I mean) and if someone DARES mispronounce it, they get a look that kills not to mention DON'T EVER ask Where is that name from! Not to mention that in sports, the announcers will take great pains to get some names right but it seems that if someone has an Eastern European name, it's okay to say it in "American" or give them a nickname! I disagree completely - name you son Andrzej and don't let anyone call him anything but. My husband's name is Radoslaw and he absoutely hates how Americans shorten every name and call him "Rad". Sorry for the ranting but I just had to get this off my chest!

EurolaThreads: 6 Posts: 2,647 Joined: Dec 2, 06	Jun 1, 08, 22:54 / #
Tamara: shayola, raayneesha, vaneesha Lovely. lol. I've met lots of people with "odd" names like that and even harder to say. However, for us who speak any European language plus English it is easy to pronounce even the weirdest ones. I'm always complemented when i repeat a 'difficult" name. Unfortunately, to an english only speaking person - it's not easy. Americans are all about abbreviation of names and acronyms at work. And, constant chills thru my spine due to badly said name are hazardous to my health ;)

TamaraThreads: 10 Posts: 214 Joined: Mar 1, 07	Jun 2, 08, 07:57 / #
My maiden name was Biedrzycka. Talk about not being able to pronounce a name.

maurycyThreads: - Posts: 2 Joined: Jun 2, 08	Jun 2, 08, 17:03 / #
mine (Maurycy, means Maurice in polish) is quite cool and very uncommon here ;)

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Jun 2, 08, 17:07 / #
R u the space cowboy? R u a joker, a smoker or a midnight toker? LOL

Joan ClarkThreads: 1 Posts: 1 Joined: Jun 24, 08	Jul 2, 08, 09:26 / #
The last name is Korzniowski. Where did it come from?

LIDLJUGENDThreads: 4 Posts: 36 Joined: Jul 2, 08	Jul 3, 08, 03:27 / #
Przemysław is one of my favorites.

BabinichThreads: 1 Posts: 1,048 Joined: May 26, 08	Jul 3, 08, 21:03 / #
lprzygodski: My husband and I are expecting our first child and if it's a boy, we want to name him Andrzej. Damn the torpedoes; name him Andrzej! It is a beautiful name.

billpawlThreads: - Posts: 25 Joined: Mar 6, 08	Jul 3, 08, 22:48 / #
Babinich: lprzygodski: My husband and I are expecting our first child and if it's a boy, we want to name him Andrzej. Damn the torpedoes; name him Andrzej! It is a beautiful name. It is a beautiful name. We named one of our sons Andrew. My wife is not Polish and wouldn't allow Andrzej. Now sometimes I call him Andrzej and he quite likes it.(Actually, I usually call him dziki Andrzej, its a little joke we have, like dziki Andrzej is his crazy alter ego).

urszulaThreads: 2 Posts: 354 Joined: Aug 31, 07	Jul 3, 08, 23:07 / #
billpawl: My wife is not Polish and wouldn't allow Andrzej. And she's probably right because it would be hard to pronounce in English. They would say it Ann-dr-zage or something weird and nobody would know how to spell it.