Why Polish Diminutives/Nicknames are so popular?

Nowhere in the world is it so popular to have Diminutives/Nicknames like in Poland, but why?

Some names can get a nickname that is so far away from the original name as it can be.

An extreme example must be the diminutive of Alexandra that will be nicknamed into "Ola".

Some examples:

Michal: Misiek, Misieczek.

Barbara: Basia, Basiulka, Basienieczka.

Janina: Janka, Nina, Janeczka.

Katarzyna: Kasia, Kasiulka, Kasiuneczka.

Piotr: Piotrek, Piotrusiek.

And lets not get into the Extreme Petnaming on people like "żabka, córeczka, kotek, ptaszeczek"

WHY????

My family calls me or well called me kogutek untill i got so mad that they didn't dare to call me that again haha, depressing... ;)

Now it's Pericles, i guess i can live with that...

What is your family calling you?

Because Poles like to use cute names :)

Merged: Nickname by Polish boyfriend

Hi my polish boyfriend has a nickname for me but it sounds like ralneh what does it mean?

1. It's just a name, it has no special meaning.
2. I don't get what a nickname can "ralneh" be. Franek? Which is a diminutive for Franciszek, and that is a Polish equivalent of English Francis.

When he says it it sounds like ralneh or ralni

it can be a nickname derived from his family name and not the first name - it is fairly common in Poland - his surname though could not be very popular and it's difficult to extrapolate it from the nickname

It sounds like oralni or or-alni and its his nickname for me if that helps?

Anyone know the answer?

Any one know what or-ralni means?

It means he wants you to stop posting here, boy.

I'm no boy I'm a girl who's pregnant with his baby

You and Bruce Jenner. He (your fantasy figure) calls you "oralny" (oral [sex]). Do the math.

Ur an idiot why would my bf call me that as a nickname?

Cuz it's _all_ he wants from you, a few moments of mouthy seks. Be happy, there are some banned posters here who couldn't get even that.

So it's fine for him to tell everyone our morning habit???? This I did not see coming from a polish guy. He's in major trouble because he's even called me it in front of his friends. Why would you want people to know that

Please stick to the topic

know what? you go somewhere far away, where there's no internet connection and think about that good and hard for a long, long, time, a few months, nay years, think about and when you have a good answer and not a moment before you can appear here again.