Is Aleska a Polish baby name ?

Hi everyone! My grandparents are all Polish immigrants to Canada. I live in the US and my husband is from South American. My 2 year old son speaks Spanish and English, so we wanted to give him something to represent his Polish heritage...his name! So he is named Jarek. I have a little girl due in about 8 weeks. I really like the name Aleska, but was recently told it's not Polish. I know it's not common, but it appears on all of the Polish baby name websites. Can anyone help?

"Jagoda" for adult woman and for a child "Jagudka" the name is uniquely Polish

But what about Aleska?

Aleksandra :)

Ola for short.

found Alenka, but not Aleska.

Sometimes the MIL calls our Ola "Olenka", or "Olusha". (sp?)

I found Aleska on these sites:

babynamespedia.com/meaning/Aleska
babynology.com/meaning-aleska-f78.html
babynameguide.com/categorypolish.asp?strCat=Polish

I am born and raised in Poland, living outside Poland now but still watching Polish TV and reading Polish books and magazines. And I have never came across the name Aleska. Never heard even once about a Polish girl/woman called Aleska. On the other hand I know a guy from Finland whose name is Aleska. Apparently quite common name for a boy in Finland

I have never heard this name before - what does it mean exactly? "Jagoda"? If I'm translating it correctly, then it means blueberry. Why would any one name their child Blueberry!

What ever happened to traditional Polish names like Baśia, Grażyna, or Kinga that translate well into other languages? Isabella Kinga is a great Polish name for a girl (:

There is a Polish name for a girl: Aleksa. Perphaps all these websites have 2 letters switched??

Jagoda would be slang for a proper name "Jadwiga" I made a bubu sorry

Jogoda (Jagódka for a little girl) is quite popular and very old Polish name. Perhaps came from a very popular saying: Dziewczyna jak jagoda (healthy, beautiful, rosy cheeks).

FYI:
jagoda= berry
czarna jagoda= blueberry

did you mix up the letters? Aleska or Aleksa?? It, of course, is from Aleksandra- which of course is Polish.

Also the name of the first director of the NKVD :)

The letters aren't switched. It's definitely Aleska on the websites.

I have never heard it here before- but that doesn't mean that it isn't. Polish names seem to come in waves- what is popular for girls is Maja, Aleksandra, Asia, Magda, Julia.

There is a hungarian prn star called Aleska Diamond.
I also found that it comes from Alexia- which is also not common here.

i have a very beautiful name for your girl,DANUTA,you can call her Danusia when she is a little girl or Danuska,it is a legendary polish name.You should look into this polish legend Danuska z Bogdanca.)))))

and have to tell you, how i know this legend " Danuska z Bogdanca" because i am from Poland living in the states.))))))

Alicja is also a very pretty Polish name. I've always liked the name Basia (even if it doesn't start with the letters Al.)

In Alaska I met a lady who's name was "Alyeska" which is derived from the Russian language which in turn was a butchered Aleutian (Inuit - Eskimo tribe) name for Alaska -> Alakshak, it means great land, great country. I don't think Aleska is a Polish name, sure doesn't sound like it.

It's not Polish name. It's a typo. There is name Aleksa (name's days: March 18th, May 18th) buy it's very rare name and probably many would consider it a bit unconventional, also would recognize that name as a foreign name which recently apeared in Poland (like Roksana, Angelika, Brajan).

So was I.


So do I!


Never have I.


Never have I!

My great-great-grandmother was the Jewish Aleksjondria Alicja Andrulewicza Chernetska, who was meshuga but didn't have a bad name.

aleska is what the native eskimos call alaska

Aleśka doesn't sound half bad. It is not typical but hypocoristic forrms are very fluid with many unique-case scenarios. There is baby talk, in-jokes, pet names and (amongst lovers) sweet nothings which are not guided by standard grammar. In the eastern borderlands Aleśka could well be the way some families refer endearingly to an Aleksandra. So if it suits you, go with it!

My husband's cousin named her daughter Aleksa. They parents are both from Poland.

the question is Aleska- not Aleksa.

Aleska is a shortened version of the polish name Valeska.

Valeska? Never heard of.
Believe me, there is no such polish name.

nor i. but: thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Valeska

After I saw that site I started to feel sorry for all those parents who decided to use it and for children who for the rest of their lives would have absurd names.