the name jowita...does it mean anying...?

Can ayone tell me what the name Jowita means traditionally.......??? thank you.....

it's of Latin origin, from Jupiter (Jovis/Jovisz)

Ha...i knew she was out of this world..... thank you....

That's my name, actually... I've lived in this world for some time already but so far I've not been successful in finding a satisfactory answer to the question of the meaning/origin of my name. Once I came across an article claiming that Jowita was originally a man's name (there was some male saint Jowita). It's generally a rather rare name in Poland, not mentioned in books devoted to origins and meanings of names. BTW, wildrower, why do you want to know?

certainly an interesting name, also an interesting fact that originally it was a mans name, so how did you come to have a man's name if you don't mind me asking??? :):)

Well, it USED to be a man's name! Not anymore :) There's a Polish film "Jowita" - from the 60s if I'm not mistaken... And it's named after a female character!

lol, ok i was only joking about it being a man's name now, but its nice to know about the history of names etc. p.s. Welcome to the forum, i see its only your 7th post so you must be new :)

sorry for having made a mistake in your nickname... wildrover ;)


thank you :) yeah, I'm new here... not a very prolific member, as you see... but doing my best :)

hay i guess as long as you check in now and again your doing no harm :) Where in Poland do you come from?? or am i wide of the mark and you now live in the States or the UK, your english seems very polished to me so..... i'm guessing you have either been abroad or had a good teacher in poland

I live in Gdańsk. Thx for complimenting my English - as a fifth year student of so called English Philology I have no other option but to speak the language fairly fluently ;)

lol, well that answers my question then :) no wonder your english is that fluent if you've been learning for five years, however congratulations, i don't think i could learn polish in five years that for sure :)


wow, thats as north as you can get in poland, lol ;)

What do you do from day to day, are you a teacher of english??? or are you studying yourself??

I think this discussion is getting a bit 'off-topickish' :D if you want to know more about me, feel free to pm me ;)

There is a much stronger tendency in English for names to change from being male names to female names. I could give examples, but I'd rather ask about the same thing happening with Polish names. Anyone heard of a boy named Sue?

ow lol, your right :)


thnx, will do :)

If it happens to Polish names, they are usually modified by adding some female suffixes, e.g. Marian - Marianna, Ryszard - Ryszarda etc., which makes my name even more bizarre.

One a at the end is enough.

But some feminine words (I don't know about names) end with consonants.
Okay, so it's bizarre enough as it is. Nice name though. It sounds better as a girl's name.

99% of Polish female names end in 'a' - the only exception I know being "Inez" or "Ines" - apparently not deeply rooted in the Polish language, though.

mm-hmm! - Where's that thread of yours?

I asked because i am falling in love with a lovely lady who,s name is Jowita....i guess i just want to know everything about her.....don,t worry about getting my name wrong....i have been called worse.....someone once called me wildflower....cute....

if nyou don't ring her soon it will be wallflower:)

LOL

Does it mean

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LOL.Miranda

ha...that made me smile.....lol...

good, you sound like you could do with a good laugh:) take care WR.

And remember it's good to talk:) lol

How can she ring you if she doesn't speak English and you dont speak Polish ?

How do you know she was going to ring you on a social basis if she doesn't speak English and you don't speak Polish ?

You seriously need to communicate a lot better or you will drive your self round the bend you know ;-)

Get a go-between to ask her out on your behalf. The old fashioned way is for the man to ask a lady out so I think it would be a bit forward of her to ring you up just like that ?

I offered to ring her but I don't speak polish either:( but very good advice you gave. hope you'r listening WR?

Just a thought though, what the heck you gonna do an a date???? take a translator?

I think she invited me for coffee...but the details were a bit hard to understand , ..so i asked her to text me...that way i can ask one of my many Polish friends , and my friends on Polish forum to explain it to me.....I was so exited when she asked for my number..that i completly forgot to ask for her number....So..i am at her mercy.....please please ring Jowita.....

how did you ask her to text you if you can't speak polish???? how did she ask for your number if she can't speak english??? just interested:0

Yes, but you only think she did! She may have not or she may have invited you and you missed the date.......why can men not communicate better with their voice rather than spending most of their time and energy thinking about it ? You see , you have in your own mind what you think she is thinking, but she may not be thinking that at all because she isn't you and her thought processes believe it or not are different than yours.

She might have thought you would just come round, see what I mean. No clear communication between the two of you and you get all this anguish.........

maybe she said will you f**k offy:)