Popular Polish Names during the 1920s through the 40s?

No NonsenseThreads: 20 Posts: 185 Joined: Oct 1, 10 ♀	May 10, 11, 07:09 #1
I'm writing a historical fiction book that is set in Stalowa Wola in the 1940s, but I need some ideas for popular names for adults and young children so maybe tell me a few that were popular during the 1920s through the 40s. I want it to be completely realistic. Thanks!

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	May 11, 11, 16:01 #2
Zygmunt Władysław Czesław Stanisław Józef Jan Kazimierz Tomasz Andrzej Ludwik Zdzisław Henryk Marian Bolesław Walerian Stefan Antoni Franciszek Edward Roman Anna Maria Elżbeta Halina Krystyna Weronika Jadwiga Bolesława Władysawa Agata Helena Katarzyna Antonina Małgorzata Agnieszka Bronisława Wanda Magdalena Do you need any diminutives?

hubabubaThreads: - Posts: 124 Joined: Apr 7, 11 ♀	May 11, 11, 16:24 #3
as far as I know the town didnt exist at that time

No NonsenseThreads: 20 Posts: 185 Joined: Oct 1, 10 ♀	Edited by: No Nonsense May 11, 11, 21:51 #4
hubabuba: as far as I know the town didnt exist at that time What about Zamosk, did that exist during that time? During the 1940s, weren't there any steel mills in Poland? My book is about a young couple about 20 who came from a more rural area so that the man could get a job in a steel factory.

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,389 Joined: Aug 15, 07 ♀	May 11, 11, 22:09 #5
No Nonsense: What about Zamosk, did that exist during that time? During the 1940s, weren't there any steel mills in Poland? Google is your friend ;-p

southernThreads: 116 Posts: 10,955 Joined: May 17, 07 ♂	May 11, 11, 22:20 #6
I would write a book about some polish hippies who decide to beat up Germanics and when they are at the middle of their work the Wehrmacht reaches the town.

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May 12, 11, 15:32 #7

Stalowa Wola was built in the mid-1930s. There were foundries in ŚLąsk (Silesia) and probably elsewhere in Poland at the time.
Stalowa Wola was part of a huge national project called the Central Industrial District (COP) which at that time was located near the centre of Poland and thus far from its borders. It was to have been a centre of the steel, armament, munitons and other strategic heavy industry industries.

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May 15, 11, 06:31 #8

Polonius3:

Stalowa Wola was built in the mid-1930s. There were foundries in ŚLąsk (Silesia) and probably elsewhere in Poland at the time.
Stalowa Wola was part of a huge national project called the Central Industrial District (COP) which at that time was located near the centre of Poland and thus far from its borders. It was to have been a centre of the steel, armament, munitons and other strategic heavy industry industries.

Great, I thought so thanks. In the story, the couple is from a more rural area and the husband was supposed to inherit a farm, but it had to be sold so they decided to move to the city so he could get a job in a steel mill. They are about 20 but move in the 1940s and their daughter is born in 1942. I just said 1920s because I wanted their names to be something that was popular for children being born that time. If this location was impossible, I could easily change a few things so I guess I should just keep writing.

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	May 15, 11, 06:54 #9
No Nonsense: What about Zamosk What is Zamosk? Zamość?

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	May 15, 11, 13:18 #10
You are aware of the fact that 1940 - 42 were war years where not social advancement but sheer survival was the prime concern.

No NonsenseThreads: 20 Posts: 185 Joined: Oct 1, 10 ♀	May 30, 11, 01:19 #11
Polonius3: You are aware of the fact that 1940 - 42 were war years where not social advancement but sheer survival was the prime concern. Yes, but weren't there families living in tenants/flats working in factories?

ShAlEyNsTfOhThreads: 8 Posts: 232 Joined: Feb 5, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	May 30, 11, 10:09 #12
my babcia's name was Leonarda.. we called her Lonia. :D and I think that the jewish/yiddish names would've been most unique in pre-war poland, at least compared to the common names of ethnic Poles today. Examples: Menachem, Herman, Mordechaj, Yitzhak, Szmul, Shevah, Moshe, etc.

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May 30, 11, 15:58 #13

Nothing was normal in the 1939-1945 period. Able-bodied people were sent to slave labour, be it in factories or to the Reich to work for Bauers (German farmers), food was rationed, curfews were in force, only primary education was available to Poles. Even strictly following Nazi-imposed rules was no guarantee of safety. You could be peacefully walking down a street when a lorryload of German soldiers jumped out an rounded up everybody in sight. Some were never heard from again. The point is that if writing a novel about the period, it is war-time circumstances and considerations that must take the upper hand. Sheer survival was uppermost in everyone's mind.

VarsovianThreads: 91 Posts: 568 Joined: Nov 23, 06 ♂	May 30, 11, 17:23 #14
People weren't interested in moving to the cities at that time - life was safer in the country and there was generally more food than in the towns.

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