Polish names: features and meaning

For people interested in different cultures, it will be useful to learn a little about the life of other countries. This article will give you a piece of Poland, namely you will learn a little from the history of Polish names: their features, the distribution and significance of some of them.

Polish names: origin

Poles - people are extremely religious, they attach great importance in life to family and church traditions. Therefore, it is often religious and family traditions that become the basis for choosing a name for a child. So, in the Polish family, you can meet several generations of Stanislavs (with an emphasis on "and") or Malgozhat. Of course, in Russia it is also possible to observe such continuity, especially in rural areas, but for Poland in its time such a phenomenon was very common.

In addition, one of the main sources from which parents take names for their children are Catholic saints. That is why Polish names abound with nicknames, which have Greek, Hebrew, Latin origin. It would seem that Poland is also a Slavic country, which is close to us in spirit, and therefore also by a nominal fund, but the difference of religions has made tangible differences between our usual and Polish names. However, nicknames, having a Slavic origin and spread even before the introduction of Christianity, undoubtedly remain in Poland. Some Polish names can be attributed to both categories. This is due to the fact that many saints with Slavic nicknames were canonized (for example, Stanislav, Wlodzimierz). Used names of Lithuanian origin (one of the most popular - Olgerd), German (Ferdinand, Adolf). Properly Polish names arose during the Middle Ages.

Features of the name of the naming in Poland

Until recently, a child born in a Polish family could have several names at once. Now their number is limited to two (maximum - three) legislatively. The second name of a girl or boy chooses to themselves at the age of nine-ten years, when the time of the first communion comes. Usually this is the name of one of the saints, whom the child wants to see as his patron. However, the second name is practically not used in everyday life (unless it is more attractive to the person than the first).

Popular Polish names and their meanings

At different times, different names used to be popular. So, most recently among the Poles' favorite nicknames were:

• Mateush is a gift from God;
• Shimon - heard by God;
• David is a beloved;
• Casper is a treasure-keeper;
• Jerzy is a tiller;
• Leh is an advocate.

Interesting and popular and beautiful Polish names for girls. Not so long ago in this list were in the lead:

• Julia - fluffy;
• Zyuzanna is a lily;
• Olivia is an olive tree;
• Nikola is the winner of the nations;
• Natalia is blessed.

Now the Poles gravitate to nicknames of the Polish origin (or largely adapted), so you can meet more and more men named Bohumil, Bartosh, Dimitriush, Kazimierz and girls named Malgorzata, Dagmar, Magdalena, Agnieszka.