Is Rafal a Polish Name?

What does diminutives mean

I need help with that one. Anyone?

Yeah, there are many methods... e.g.:

[full name - short form]
Aleksandra - Ola
Olga - Ola :)
Alicja - Ala
Alina - Ala
Aldona - probably also Ala, but I haven't met any girl called Aldona... only in Machulski's comedy "Kilerów 2-óch" Aldona presented herself as... "Dona" (?). :)

Jerzy - Jurek
Stanisław - Staszek, Stach, Staś
Gustaw - Gucio (as in my case :))
Jan - Jaś, Janek, Jasiek
Włodzimierz - Włodek
Władysław - Władek
Bogumił - Boguś
Ryszard - Rysio, Rysiek
Anna - Ania
Joanna - Asia
Magdalena - Magda, Madzia
etc., etc....

Some names are almost never shortened (unless we want to make them really tender, for example, when calling a baby, or our beloved...), such as Marek, Leszek (Leszek is also a short form of Lech, but that's a different name), Mariusz, Janusz, Paweł, Robert, Marta, (we don't have any Bob :)) and many other names.

Ah, I think diminutives are versions of names which not only make them shorter, but also show that we know the person well, he/she is our friend, family member etc... But doesn't the shortened form have the same features? :(

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutive DEFINITION FROM WIKIPEDIA

very biblical

Ohh i see i understand what it means now hee hee x

so were talking about diminutives of names.. cool....
Bartholomew- Bart, Bartek, Bartus, Bartunia, Bartosz, Bartusiek,... this one is for Bartolome... lol lol

Thanks goodness you didn't mention 'Barteczek'. It makes my switchblade open in my pocket :)

okay i wlll:
Bartholomew- Bart, Bartek, Bartus, Bartunia, Bartosz, Bartusiek Bartusia, Barteczek i added some ,... this one is for Bartolome... lol lol

I don't think i like all this moving around i can never find anything x

What are you looking for?

mmm and how do you pronounce the name Rafal in polish? and..please.. can u explain me what is the change that those signs under or on letters produce? thank you very much...i m trying to learn polish but it's pretty hard!

the "ł" in Rafał sounds like "w".

nm original post was deleted move along please, nothing to see here

I know i tried to get rid of the post after i posted....looks like you got me before I tried to delete...what are you doing up at this time??

Things get moved around, then deleted, then moved again...:(Ghosts?

currently praying to god to see if he can fix it so that it will rain in Brisbane! :)

behindthename.com/nmc/pol.php

great website, polish names

I miss the cute abbreviations in English names. You can call Joseph as Joe or Joey. Not much more...

Jozef, Jozek, Joziu, Jozio, Jozeczek, Jozuniu, Jozisko (I'm mad at him), Jozior...
OK. I'm making them up, but I can! And, it is fun. :)

yep - it's my favourite. rafal. rafalek. rafciu.

my goodness, josinka you just woke up a year old thread! Keep on digging.

i thought that as well .... lol ... :) i like a lad with the name of the thread title ...

Rafal is a very nice name. I know two and they happen to be very nice men as well.

(now I feel like going back looking for another old thread)

I race you telefonitika.

It's a guy called Rafal who has been my greatest helper with the Polish language :)

I'm sure a lot of the old threads are interesting but get buried under others...

you are on Eurola ... ready ....set .... on your marks .... go ... ha ha .. lets see what we can find .. :D


Wish this one with me would be kinda of put me on the spot totally unexpectantly on christmas eve in the polish shop where he was helping out with teh deliveries first time i have seen him in 5 months and to me people you dont always think about often and that often happen to wander back into your life .. plus they come into your life for a reason is my thinking regardless how long for :)..

Its my boyfriends brothers name :) yay

This is my boyfriends name, I call him Raf alot and he likes it.

It seems quite a common name from what I've read here but he told me it wasn't a very popular name, he only knows one person with the same name as him back in Poland.