Popular Polish First Names?

Hey this is to Polish people, we named our daughter Adela after her Grandmother, and I have never thought much about it untill now, but I never met another Adela in seven years of being here.

And my question to you is, is the name Adela that rare, because I really have no idea........

I don't know any Adela...
Yea, I think it's very rare.. and outdated.

is rather negative.. is it thought of in that way??

Dont know whether I used proper word but meant it was used some x years ago and now it's very rare.
But it does not sound very bad, dont be afraid ;)

Now in Poland more popular are names like "Victoria" - spelled with V and C.... SICK!!
Michelle...
A girl named Adela can be called "Adelka" for example, what's very sweet imho :)

Adelka, ada, agga, agii.. there are many short forms :O)

Yes, that's right.
Don't know how it's in the UK but in Poland every single has a lot of short names ;)
My name's Christopher, what's Krzysztof in Polish.
My mum calls me Krzysztofek (what sounds a bit crazy ^^), dad Krzysiu, girlfriend Krzyś, collegues Krzych, Krzychu... Krzysztof is only used by me while being at school/post office...

Adelka is veeeery sweet for me :)

We have no chance of matching the huge number of names every Polish individual can clock up.
I mean, when even personal names change grammatical case - you win!
I have three different lengths of name, according to how many syllables the speaker can be bothered to say.
My mate Dave is only ever called Dave. By everyone.
What people call me behind my back is their issue, not mine!

In Polish everything changes in grammatical case - it's not what I meant.

'What ppl call me behind is their issue, not mine' - unfortunately I dont know what u mean in here

I realise you didn't mean this, but it doesn't happen in all languages.


There are the names people use to address us.
When we're not listening, some people might use other names.

The main point I was making was that there are many different forms of the same name in Polish, that can be used for addressing the same individual. English can't match that huge variety of different forms. That is without even mentioning grammatical stuff.

Yes, you are right.

Krzysiek, Krzyśka, Krzyśkiem, Krzyśkowi, Krzyśku...
Krzysztof, Krzysztofa, Krzysztofem, Krzysztofowi, Krzysztofie
Krzyś, Krzysia, Krzysiem, Krzysiowi, Krzysiu
Krzycho, Krzycha, Krzychem, Krzychowi, Krzychu

Here are my names ^^

Hum...a lot of "sh" sounds ;P

yea and that's the most common problem for people learning Polish, I think :P
Krzysztof i the worst... My friend from the UK almost killed me while I wanted him to pronounce it ^^

LoL it's not that complicated "ksheshtof", "Blaszczykowski" is more difficult ;P

Or Wojciech Szczesny...Szczecin...etc ;)

Yes, far more :D
But it doesnt make change - even while pronouncing Krzysztof, my friend invented something new... like kszszzzszszszszsz... TOF... ^^

Aha ! Yea i know ;p szszszszcscss ;) poor them ;D

Sometimes even a Native Pole has problems with pronounciation... So... ^^
Yea, and for brit Krzyś = Kshysh... Sweet :D

after a while you might just want to say shhhh! (or is that szszszszsz!)


I fink/tink vat's/dat's true in many languages.

most (if not all ) polish names ,for girls, end in an "a"
unlike in english where you find names like "nicole, scarlette, christy...etc"

OK....a question for all you Polish people....When i was born in England many moons ago my parents gave me the name Ian , However since coming to Polska a few years back i have been known to all my Polish friends as Jan...I quite like being known as Jan , and i tend to give this as my name now , even to English people....What i would like to ask you Polish experts is what other forms or variations of Jan is there , you know , like Janek , Janusz etc thanks...

Hanko, Hanus, Hanys, Jach, Janczy, Janek, Janik, Janisław, Janko, Janosik, Janusz, Jaszko, Jaś, Jaśko

lol. for example.
im natalee.....but my polish friends call me natalka. ^_^



lol. i agree. there's somthing nice about a different version of a name :)
(it's kind of endearing :)

Wow , never knew there was that many....I sure have a lot to learn about the Polish language and customs...thanks for your help......Jan..