@pawian
Oh my God, Poles are going crazy.......
Oh my God, Poles are going crazy.......
Popular Polish First Names?
You are overgeneralising again... :):) Where do you get it from?
confix
When a Polish person has a first name as a last name, do Poles refer to them as his real first name or last name? For example: Marek Witold - isn't it confusing? :)
Also, is it common for such names to appear in Poland?
Also, is it common for such names to appear in Poland?
Lyzko9bda5804d1f
Sandra, Ewelyna, Kinga....
I'm your example they would say Marek if they knew him well, Pan Marek if they don't know him well. Pan Marek Witold in documentation or in a formal introduction.
But I never really heard Witold as a surname. Polish Christian names tend to form surnames by adding "ski" or "wicz"
But I never really heard Witold as a surname. Polish Christian names tend to form surnames by adding "ski" or "wicz"
Lyzko9bda5804d1f
Witek! Dzien dobry, Panie Witoldzie!
confix
The last name "Witold" exists in Polish. It is interesting to have such names, hard to live with that!
Yes - 31 people have this surname, all of them east of the Wisla.
polskienazwiska.pl/n/WITOLD
polskienazwiska.pl/n/WITOLD
Oinkraine
Polish Christian names tend to form surnames by adding "ski" or "wicz"
Imagine thinking -ski and -wicz are purely Polish. 😂
I guess nobody told you those are standard endings in your beloved Saloreich too.
Take a look at their dictator for life
Wołodymyr Zełenski and ultimate mafia gangster Siemion Mogilewicz.
Your "linguistic proof" is just basic Slavic roots. Go buy a dictionary and try harder next time. 🤡
confix
-ski and -wicz are purely Polish
Hm, I've always thought that -icz typically derived from the Ukrainian / Russian language.
Oinkraine
-icz typically derived from the Ukrainian / Russian language.
The -wicz ending is Pan-Slavic, rooted in ancient Proto-Slavic meaning "son of."
Its mass presence in Poland is directly due to Ruthenian (Belarusian/Ukrainian) influence during the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where Polish families, Lipka Tatars, and Jews all adopted it.
Poland's national poet Adam Mickiewicz is a prominent example.
So don't listen to the Saloreich stooge cms_neuf. He is a boomer and doesn't know anything about Poland before World War II and very, very little after that.
Imagine thinking -ski and -wicz are purely Polish
Where did I say that ? Of course I know they exist in almost all Slavic languages
confix
Was Poland influenced more by Russia/Belarus/Ukraine than them by Poland? It seems all mixed up.
For example: Marek Witold - isn't it confusing? :)
There was a politician called Marek Jurek. His political rivals, colleagues, and TV satirists had a lot of fun with that.
Rufus
It would be interesting to know if they allowed to have both the first and last name the same. Say your last name is Marek and parents want to name their son Marek, resulting in Marek Marek. Do such cases legally exist in Poland?
allowed to have both the first and last name the same
Unfortunately, this is legally unacceptable.
Unfortunately, this is legally unacceptable.
There is not such a law.
The Head of the Civil Registry Office may refuse to register a given name only if it is ridiculous, indecent, in a diminutive form, or fails to distinguish the person's gender. The name Marek is a traditional, linguistically correct male name; therefore, it fully meets all legal requirements.
Say your last name is Marek and parents want to name their son Marek
linkedin.com/pub/dir/Marek/Marek
Rufus
It's cool to have such a legal name like Marek Marek, but they could ban them to avoid confusion. Otherwise, it would make no sense --- assuming that it's NOT possible to have both the first and the second name the same in Poland? For example, would this name be legally possible:
Janusz Janusz Janusz (assuming that the last name is Janusz and the first and the 2nd names are also Janusz).
Janusz Janusz Janusz (assuming that the last name is Janusz and the first and the 2nd names are also Janusz).
Marek Marek
It's called reduplicative naming.
Quite a few around the world, Sirhan Sirhan, Djemba Djemba, Andre Andre.
In Polish political and parliamentary culture, the whole "Oj Marek, Marek..." thing is quite fun.
Przelotnyptak1 1 | 1422
Quite a few around the world, Sirhan Sirhan, Djemba Djemba, Andre Andre.
That is one of the reasons that, unlike you, we try to ignore strange customs from the sand territories.
we try to ignore strange customs from the sand territories.
Like Abrahamic religion?
Anyway, Andre Andre is Portuguese.
Lyzko9bda5804d1f
Simone Simone is/was French!