Is Rafal a Polish Name?

Hiya

Does anyone know if this is a standard polish name? x

yes this is a very Polish name:)

Why thank you rafik - Do polish sometimes shorten there names for easiness such as Raf for Rafal?

Rather add endings like -ek, -cio, -ik (Rafalek, Rafcio, Rafik), you've got many possibilities here.

I know, i think that is one great thing about the Polish language, nicknames just sound so damn good!

Oh so Rafik is Rafal you real name??

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w00t! hey...no star! :(

edit: Ahh no there it is!! :)

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yes this is my real name:) yes we do shorten our names or , in england,make them sound more english.
a few examples;
leokadia-leo
piotr-peter,pete
grazyna-graz,gratz
agnieszka-aga
pawel-paul
grzesiek-greg
rafal-rafik,rafi,ralph,raphael
sometimes they sound weird but we don't mind:)

urszula - ula

Oh cool - but what if someone shortened the name kinda thing - you no when you call someone and you shorten the way you say it would a polish person mind for example: RAF

?

no he/she wouldn't:)
i've always shortened my indian workmate's names and they didn't mind.it is much easier to pronounce bra than bramcsnvovnodnvodv or something like this:)

Royal Air Force ??? :)

Sarah,

Polish names are shortened in a different way to the English style.
So Katarzyna becomes Kasia. Not Kat. It has an ending that fits the female form in grammar.
They don't seem to use nicknames the way we do. Name changes are rather formal.

I had a big problem with my first name in the UK. Finally, after a lot of trouble, my work mates decided to call me "Magic", because this is how they heard my name was being pronounced, or just used the first three letters, "Mac". :)

I thought Matyjasz was Matthew in English?

Mateusz is Mathew.

You are both right. Mateusz and Matyjasz (which BTW is the old polish version of Maciej, and is practically no longer being used) are Mathew in English. Unfortunately I didn't knew that at that time. :(

Wow this is really interesting i mean my name is always shortend to sar or for instance kayla to k, we all tend to shorten each others name due to laziness to say the whole name, i have been calling my friend Rafal to Raf and he looks at me very funny when i say it is there a english version to this name such as the one above,

Also there is a name that sounds like shemeck which people call him sam x

I think Raphael is the english eqivalent of the polish Rafał.


It's Przemek. It's a shorter version of Przemysław. Very often it's shortened to Przemol. (pshemol) :)

Hey, don't be sad about it, magic is a brlliant nickname mate! Think of the wow potential when being introduced for the first time to members of the opposite sex.

Friend: Woman x have you met my mate Magic... :)

That is very very true Hugel hee hee x

Matyjasz so it still isn't shortened at all is it what about the name sarah in polish?

Matyjasz was being used in the XVII century. Maciej is the proper version these days. Females usually call me Maciek. ( matchek) :)


It's Sara. It's a very short name, so we don't need to shorten it more in polish. :(


I never thought about it that way. :) I guess it really does sound pretty good. :) :)

Matyjasz you name is cool!!

That you very much for the info you have been a great help, see always look on the bright sid eof things hee hee x

Thank you Sarah. I recommend my service for the future. :)

- is Spanish not really English

Oh i will dont you worry x

Ups, it looks like Krysia was right. Maciej is not "Mathew" but rather "Matthias". Shame on me. :)

Oh that took you a while to get back i think it is really interesting the way names get shortened and come out rather differently then they do here in england x

:) Well this shortened versions are also diminutives. That's probably why they sound so different.