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Names that Poles share with Hungarians and Slovaks?


Caseking
11 Jul 2021   #1
Are there names that wouldn't look out of place in Poland but also in Slovakia or Hungary?
Karina, Monika, Patrik maybe?
I do this just for fun but I would probably need ideas in case one day I have kids. It makes sense to name them with names that are appropriate for the countries I like and where I'd live or/and travel a lot. Btw, I like Greece as well but apart from Teodora which is seen in Hungary all the other names they have are too linked to Greece.
JakeRyan
12 Jul 2021   #2
Michal is shared in Polish and Slovak/Czech.
mafketis  38 | 10990
12 Jul 2021   #3
Ilona is also found in Hungary (where it's more common) and Poland (less common but it exists).
pawian  221 | 25287
12 Jul 2021   #4
Are there names that wouldn't look out of place in Poland but also in Slovakia or Hungary?

You need to check the history of Hungary and Poland.

I suggest the name Stefan. The first Christian ruler of Hungary was Stefan I the Saint. Later, Stefan Batory was one of the most prominent kings of Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth who gave Muscovites hell.
JakeRyan
14 Jul 2021   #5
I know Hungarians have Teodora from Greek Theodora, does it exist in Poland?
mafketis  38 | 10990
14 Jul 2021   #6
It exists....

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodora_(imi%C4%99)

edziecko.pl/ciaza_i_porod/0,79473,,,,imiona-dziewczynek,Teodora.html

I've never encountered a Teodora in Poland and the wiki link suggests it's not.... common (the most recent notable Teodora died in 1942)

There are currently less than 7000 Teodora's (out of almost 20 million Polish females) so.... not so common....
pawian  221 | 25287
14 Jul 2021   #7
There are currently less than 7000 Teodora's

I can`t recall any famous Polish female bearing that name.
JakeRyan
15 Jul 2021   #8
Too bad, sounds better to me than sth banal like Kacia or Karolina (Karolinas are always *******).
mafketis  38 | 10990
27 Jul 2021   #9
can`t recall any famous Polish female bearing that name

Was talking with a friend and asked him about 'Teodora' and he did know someone with the name (an older lady in the village he grew up in, her sister was named Teofila.... so there was something up with whoever named them....).
kaprys  3 | 2076
31 Jul 2021   #10
Probably most names used all over Europe like Ewa, Adam, Dorota, Robert, Marta, Helena, Anna, Antoni etc.


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