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A Polish female name (anna)


ncman  1 | 1  
21 Oct 2009 /  #1
Hello,
This is my first post on the website. I have a quick question, how do you spell the female name (I’ll sound it out) oolana or ulanna? I’m not even sure if I am pronouncing it correctly.

Thank you
PS- Polish girls are the most beautiful in the world.
catsoldier  54 | 574  
21 Oct 2009 /  #2
Is this a joke? Ul. Anna :-)

Anyway if not, just ask her her name!
Leopejo  4 | 120  
22 Oct 2009 /  #3
When I first heard, in a Polish language course, something like Nazywam się Anna Nowak, I was sure it was Annina or Annyna...
For geminate (?) consonant users like Finns or Italians, Polish double consonants are difficult.
teflhead  
22 Oct 2009 /  #4
For geminate (?) consonant users like Finns or Italians, Polish

Italians say the name ANNA in just the same way as Polish.
It's not that difficult anyway.
Leopejo  4 | 120  
22 Oct 2009 /  #5
Italians say the name ANNA in just the same way as Polish.

Well the "Anna Nowak" I heard in one course, and to a lesser extent the "Anna Borowska" I heard in another, are definitely not as in Italian.
cinek  2 | 347  
22 Oct 2009 /  #6
oolana or ulanna

Maybe it was Joanna? There's nothing like ulanna in Polish (but 'ulana', which may mean completely drunk ;-) ).

Cinek
Lyzko  
23 Oct 2009 /  #7
or 'PaNNa ANNa'......lol
jakubzurawski  - | 17  
24 Oct 2009 /  #8
Maybe one of these: Ilona, Alina, Malina, Halina, Helena?
nana  - | 40  
24 Oct 2009 /  #9
Julianna?
krysia  23 | 3058  
24 Oct 2009 /  #10
That's what I would say sounds the closest
OP ncman  1 | 1  
25 Oct 2009 /  #11
Hello all,
Thank you so much for all of your responses. My question did not have to do with an actual Polish person. It is quite a complicated situation. All of the information you gave me was very helpful. I will get back to you with my results. And by the way, I have been all over Poland and received the warmest treatment by all that I met. You have a beautiful country with a very rich history.
me_jawadji  - | 1  
14 Apr 2010 /  #12
its spells ara ullana. i want to marry u seriously
musicwriter  5 | 87  
24 May 2010 /  #13
I believe in Poland it's spelled "Ana".
plk123  8 | 4119  
24 May 2010 /  #14
Ania?
Joktan  
9 Jan 2013 /  #15
Ulana
– Title of and character in a novel by polish author Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (see: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulana);
– Blessed Juliana (Ulana), first cousin of St. Joasaph (18th c.) (see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_10_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)#Other_c ommemorations)
– Ulana £epska, Ukrainian sprinter (see: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulana_£epska)
– quote: "ULA, ULANA – Skrót od imion -> Urszula lub Juliana” (= diminutive of given name -> Ursula or Julianne; quote from: www .styl.pl/mama/ksiega-imion/imie-ula-ulana,id,265872)
karol888  - | 3  
11 Jan 2013 /  #16
Ulana

My work colleague's name is Ulana. A very rare female name indeed.

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