It is not possible to translate names into English or Polish!

I work with some people who have Polish-sounding names. Why do they ask me to translate their names? They don't get that it's not possible to translate first and last names into Polish or English because it would not be accurate translation? I hope some of them read this forum and will get my message :).

I'm asked the same question quite often too. Common names are sometimes possible to translate (like "John" - Jan), but other first and last names are not. One time a guy asked me about the meaning of the last name "Kolinski" --- I had no idea how to translate it.

Well, you can translate my ast name . In English it means doughnut.

I'm a little crazy
Some of them is false but most of them is good

I've got it in Exel if you want

from

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odpowiedniki_imion_w_różnych_językach

I rather think it would be Francesca that Franciszka would be more alike

Hi, Bobik!

Occasionally, some Polish names, full names mind you, can be translated into English e.g. "Jan Kowalski" (John Smith), to give a most basic example.
Other times, the names cannot be translated,or if so, only one part of the name. Take my name Marek Pajdo. "Marek" is clearly "Mark", but "Pajdo"????

Marek

I'm Jewish and my original last name is Polish. It's already been mutilated and has been used for two generations as a Welsh sounding name, representing who I am even less. I want to translate it for its original form to Hebrew... seems possible, right?
but first: what does it mean, exactly?
"Paskowitz"

in Polish it would be: Paskowicz
Pasek meaning belt

You can get very thorough lists of names in the back of good dictionaries to convert from one language o another. It is unusual to translate names from one language to another though. Who would call Alexander Solzenitsin Alex, for example. Juri Gagarin is always Juri NEVER George. Iljich Lenin is always Iljich. How can you change such proper names to another language? John Major would never be Jan Major in Poland!! At least Albert Eistein can get away with his name, though.