Welcome to the
Brooklyn Centre WIKI

Cleveland, Ohio

A Neighborhood Exploration
Currently 301 articles regarding its history


Polish Names

From Brooklyn Centre Wiki

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
(MALE NAMES)
(MALE NAMES)
Line 46: Line 46:
*Andrew (Andrzej)
*Andrew (Andrzej)
*Anthony (Anton or Antoni)
*Anthony (Anton or Antoni)
 +
*Basil (Bazyli or Wasyl)
*Benny (Boleslaw)
*Benny (Boleslaw)
 +
*Benedict (Benedykt)
*Bernard
*Bernard
-
*Casimer
+
*Blaise (Blazej)
 +
*Casimer (Kazimierz)
 +
*Caspar
*Chester (Czeslaw or Czeslaus)
*Chester (Czeslaw or Czeslaus)
 +
*Clement (Klemens)
 +
||
 +
*Felix (Feliks)
*Frank or Francis (Franciszek)
*Frank or Francis (Franciszek)
*George (Wojciech)
*George (Wojciech)
-
||
 
*Jacob (Jakub)
*Jacob (Jakub)
*John (Jan)
*John (Jan)
Line 59: Line 65:
*Louis (Ludwig or Ludwik)
*Louis (Ludwig or Ludwik)
*Martin (Marcin)
*Martin (Marcin)
-
*Matthew
+
*Matthew (Maciej, Mateusz)
*Michael (Michal)
*Michael (Michal)
 +
*Paul (Pawel)||
*Peter (Piotr)
*Peter (Piotr)
-
||
+
*Phillip (Felix, Filip)
-
*Phillip (Felix)
+
*Stanley (Stanislaw)
*Stanley (Stanislaw)
*Stephen (Szczepan)
*Stephen (Szczepan)
-
*Sylvester
+
*Sylvester (Sylwester)
*Ted or Thaddeus (Tadeusz)
*Ted or Thaddeus (Tadeusz)
 +
*Thomas (Tomasz)
*Valentine (Walenty)
*Valentine (Walenty)
*Walter (Wladislaw)
*Walter (Wladislaw)
-
* _______ (Wasyl)
+
*Vincent (Wincenty)
|}
|}
{{back2main}}
{{back2main}}

Revision as of 13:36, 18 April 2008

In the late 1800's and early 1900's, Polish families tended to use a narrow choice of given names to give to their new offspring.

Sometimes, when viewing the census it isn't always easy to determine what a transcribed name might be. This list of common given names may help guide you. The names are first given in their American form and then the Polish spelling.

FEMALE NAMES

  • Agatha
  • Alexandra
  • Angela
  • Anna (Aniela)
  • Bertha
  • Bernice (Bronislawa)
  • Celia or Cecilia
  • Frances (Franceszka)
  • Genevieve (Genowefa)
  • Hedwig (Jadwiga)
  • Helen (Helena)
  • Jesse (Czeslawa)
  • Josephine (Jozefa)
  • Katherine (Katarzyna)
  • Kunegunda
  • Lottie (Ladislawa)
  • Magdelina
  • Maria (Marya)
  • Pauline (Apolonia)
  • Rose (Rozalia)
  • Sophia (Zofia)
  • Stella (Stanislawa)
  • Stephanie (Stephania or Stanislawa)
  • Valerie (Valeria)
  • Victoria (Wyktoria)

MALE NAMES

  • Albert (Wojciech)
  • Andrew (Andrzej)
  • Anthony (Anton or Antoni)
  • Basil (Bazyli or Wasyl)
  • Benny (Boleslaw)
  • Benedict (Benedykt)
  • Bernard
  • Blaise (Blazej)
  • Casimer (Kazimierz)
  • Caspar
  • Chester (Czeslaw or Czeslaus)
  • Clement (Klemens)
  • Felix (Feliks)
  • Frank or Francis (Franciszek)
  • George (Wojciech)
  • Jacob (Jakub)
  • John (Jan)
  • Joseph (Jozef)
  • Lawrence (Wawrzeniec)
  • Louis (Ludwig or Ludwik)
  • Martin (Marcin)
  • Matthew (Maciej, Mateusz)
  • Michael (Michal)
  • Paul (Pawel)||
  • Peter (Piotr)
  • Phillip (Felix, Filip)
  • Stanley (Stanislaw)
  • Stephen (Szczepan)
  • Sylvester (Sylwester)
  • Ted or Thaddeus (Tadeusz)
  • Thomas (Tomasz)
  • Valentine (Walenty)
  • Walter (Wladislaw)
  • Vincent (Wincenty)


Return to Main Page



Help support this website by visiting some of the Ads provided by Google.

Personal tools