Hey this is to Polish people, we named our daughter Adela after her Grandmother, and I have never thought much about it untill now, but I never met another Adela in seven years of being here.
And my question to you is, is the name Adela that rare, because I really have no idea........
Dont know whether I used proper word but meant it was used some x years ago and now it's very rare. But it does not sound very bad, dont be afraid ;)
Now in Poland more popular are names like "Victoria" - spelled with V and C.... SICK!! Michelle... A girl named Adela can be called "Adelka" for example, what's very sweet imho :)
Yes, that's right. Don't know how it's in the UK but in Poland every single has a lot of short names ;) My name's Christopher, what's Krzysztof in Polish. My mum calls me Krzysztofek (what sounds a bit crazy ^^), dad Krzysiu, girlfriend Krzyś, collegues Krzych, Krzychu... Krzysztof is only used by me while being at school/post office...
Don't know how it's in the UK but in Poland every single has a lot of short names
We have no chance of matching the huge number of names every Polish individual can clock up. I mean, when even personal names change grammatical case - you win! I have three different lengths of name, according to how many syllables the speaker can be bothered to say. My mate Dave is only ever called Dave. By everyone. What people call me behind my back is their issue, not mine!
In Polish everything changes in grammatical case - it's not what I meant.
I realise you didn't mean this, but it doesn't happen in all languages.
'What ppl call me behind is their issue, not mine' - unfortunately I dont know what u mean in here
There are the names people use to address us. When we're not listening, some people might use other names.
The main point I was making was that there are many different forms of the same name in Polish, that can be used for addressing the same individual. English can't match that huge variety of different forms. That is without even mentioning grammatical stuff.
yea and that's the most common problem for people learning Polish, I think :P Krzysztof i the worst... My friend from the UK almost killed me while I wanted him to pronounce it ^^
OK....a question for all you Polish people....When i was born in England many moons ago my parents gave me the name Ian , However since coming to Polska a few years back i have been known to all my Polish friends as Jan...I quite like being known as Jan , and i tend to give this as my name now , even to English people....What i would like to ask you Polish experts is what other forms or variations of Jan is there , you know , like Janek , Janusz etc thanks...
I if I have a boy his name will be Nikolas thats my favorite name for a by and if I have a girl her name will be Audrie Annelisse so beautiful and elegent.
out of Polish names I like dorota edyta beata is nice. for boys dont like the names too much.
