Spelling of a Polish name?

Hi everyone

I was wondering if someone could help me, I was watching a clip of EastEnders and man mentions his Polish name in the clip

bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007g0c2

but I cannot find the spelling its at 1 minute and 20 seconds.

Thanks
Kelvin

Would gladly help but the video isn't working on Android devices nor playstation :)

Sorry I should have mentioned it only works on Desktop or Laptop.

Or wait the clip is on YouTube as well.

youtu.be/JjEFslmvGIc?t=1m20s

Sounds like Włodzisław or something very similar.

youtube.com/watch?v=JjEFslmvGIc

Would Włodzisław be a last name or first name?

AFAIK it's a first name, maybe not too common.

It sounds like "Woldow". It's definitely not Polish name nor surname so most likely producers didn't do their homework. Sounds like Russian surname. In fact that actor doesn't even look Polish to me.

I hear "Woldoch" /voldokh/ being a family name. There are Polish names of "Wałdoch" /valdokh/ so it's the nearest possible shot.

The actor does claim to speak some Polish

robertjezek.com/personal.html

@kelvin 101
He's just a Canadian with some accent skills :)

That's what it sounds like to me too.

Pretending to be a Pole, in my guess, he was trying to say "Waldek" but instead he said "Woldach".
Name Waldek, is a short version of Waldemar, Polish first name.

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Polish spelling of Skimanski or alternatives

Hello,
Is there an alternative spelling of Skimanski during the 1844-1900 period? Maybe Shimanski??

I ask because on searching this site "geneteka.genealodzy.pl" only 2 Skimanski appear. I thought this would be a more common name so am i spelling it correctly?

Thanks for any help.

Maybe it's a rare name.


Spelling on documents was often butchered, so it's definitely possible. If it turns out to be this, also check out Szymański

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demjenski ?? dembenski?? bedenski??

i met someone on holiday and i think i must have written his name down incorrectly, i am trying to find him on facebook but have tried the above spellings to no avail, his name is rob bedenski i thought he said ?? can anyone help please with suggestions.

thanks very much
Bill

@billozz

Some possible spellings

Demieński, Dębiński, Bedeński (there's also Dębieński but that seems much rarer)

In Polish names, n before -ski is almost always ń

Good luck

I thought Dębiński (pronounced fairly close to Dembinsky).

Always been curious as to the meaning of the Polish surname "Bednarz" or "Bednarczyk":-)

Is "Debinski" related to "Dabrowski"? Seems to me they'd be roughly like the family name "Oakely" or the like in English.

Next time you must adopt the British approach: spell it for me, please. Polish names are not a piece of cake.


Bednarz is sb who makes barrels. and other big wooden containers.


Yes, Oak family. But Dębiński suggests a single tree, while Dąbrowski the oak forest.

Thanks a mill, paw:-)

You are welcome but I still forgot to help you with Bednarczyk - it suggests a young apprentice cooper or a son of a cooper. .

Makes sense! Names of professions were common, no doubt as throughout the rest of Europe:-)

I live in Germany for 10 years and many people from German has problem with my name. Polish names is very difficult for foreign people like Agnieszka.

Juts like some German names are not so easy for Poles. E.g.,Theophilus. How many Poles would be able to spell it correctly ? I suppose zero.

Probably, the majority might spell it "T - E - 0 - F - I - L - U - S":-)

@polish girl in germany,

Why would Agnieszka have difficulty spelling her own name, I don't understand. Is Agnieszka foreign or Polish? Your German must be pretty darned good after living in Germany for a decade.

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Teofil

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofil

Yes, guys, Teofil is easy cause such a name exists in Polish . But spell it in German with Th and ph.

Same with "T - H - E - O - D - O - R" vs. "Tadeusz"....

Where German for instance has a written yet unarticulated letter "h" (no "th"-sound either in that language), Polish simply omits the "h", instead of writing it:-)

Naming a child The Odor should be illegal.

Why Theodor vs Tadeusz and Theodor vs Teodor?