Polish Submitted Names - Behind the Name

ADELCIA f Belarusian, Polish
Belarusian diminutive of ADELAIDA as well as a Polish diminutive of ADELAJDA and other feminine names that contain the Germanic element adal meaning "noble".

ADELINDA f German (Rare), English, Portuguese, South American, Hungarian (Rare), Italian, Polish
Cognate of ADELINDE.

ADÉLKA f Czech, Kashubian
Czech and Kashubian diminutive of ADÉLA as well as a Kashubian diminutive of ADÉLAJDA.

ADELUNIA f Polish
Diminutive of ADELA, ADELAJDA, ADELINA, ADELINDA, or other names beginning with Adel-.

ADEMAR m Polish (Archaic)
Contracted form of ADALMAR.

ADEŃKA f Polish
Diminutive of ADA.

ADEODAT m Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Ukrainian form of ADEODATUS.

ADKA f Kashubian
Diminutive of ADA.

ADÓLF m Icelandic (Rare), Kashubian
Icelandic and Kashubian form of ADOLF.

ADOLFA f Dutch, German (Archaic), Kashubian, Polish
Feminine form of ADOLF.

ADOLFINA f Dutch, German (Archaic), Galician, Polish
Extended form of ADOLFA.

ADÓM m Kashubian
Kashubian form of ADAM.

ADONIASZ m Polish
Polish form of 'Adoniyah (see ADONIJAH) via its hellenized form ADONIAS.

ADRIANKA f Kashubian
Diminutive of ADRIANA.

ADRIÓN m Kashubian
Kashubian form of ADRIAN.

ADULA f Polish
Diminutive of ADA, ADELAJDA, ADRIANNA, or other names beginning with Ad-.

ADULKA f Polish
Diminutive of ADA, ADELAJDA, ADRIANNA, or other names beginning with -AD.

ADUNIA f Polish
Diminutive of ADRIANNA, ADRIANA and ADA.

ADUŚ m Polish
Diminutive of ADRIAN.

ADUSIA f Polish
Diminutive of ADA, ADELAJDA, ADRIANNA, or other names beginning with Ad-.

ADVIGA f Polish (Archaic), Russian (Archaic), Lithuanian (Archaic)

ADZIA f Polish
Diminutive of ADA.

AECJUSZ m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of AETIUS.

AFRODYZJA f Polish
Polish form of APHRODISIA.

AFRODYZJUSZ m Polish
Variant of AFRODYZY.

AFRODYZY m Polish
Polish form of Aphrodisius (see APHRODISIOS).

AGA f Polish
Diminutive of AGATA or AGNIESZKA.

AGAPIT m French (Archaic), Russian (Archaic), Kashubian
Form of AGAPETUS.

AGATANGEL m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of AGATHANGELOS.

AGATON m Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Polish
Polish and Swedish form of AGATHON.

AGATONIK m Polish
Polish masculine form of AGATHONIKE.

AGATONIKA f Polish (Rare, Archaic)
Polish form of AGATHONIKE.

AGLAJA f Lithuanian (Rare), Polish (Rare), Latvian (Rare), German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Variant of AGLAIA.

AGNELLUS m Polish (Rare)
Derived from Latin agnus "lamb" and the diminutive suffix -ellus.

AGNÉS f Aragonese, Kashubian
Medieval Aragonese and Kashubian form of AGNES.

AGNÉSA f Kashubian
Variant of AGNÉS.

AGNÉSZKA f Kashubian
Kashubian form of AGNES.

AGNESZKA f Silesian, Czech (Archaic)
Silesian form of AGNES via Polish AGNIESZKA.

AGNETKA f Polish (Rare)
Diminutive of AGNETA.

AGNIESIA f Polish
Diminutive of AGNIESZKA.

AGNYS f Silesian
Silesian form of AGNES.

AGNYSA f Silesian
Variant of AGNYS.

AGRËPINA f Kashubian
Kashubian form of AGRIPPINA.

AGRYPIN m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of Agrippinus.

AGRYPINA f Polish
Polish form of AGRIPPINA.

AGÙLA f Kashubian
Diminutive of AGNÉS and AGNÉSA.

AGUSIA f Polish
Diminutive of AGATA and AGNIESZKA.

AGÙST m Kashubian
Kashubian form of AUGUST.

AGÙSTIN m Kashubian
Kashubian form of AUGUSTINE (1).

AGÙSTINA f Kashubian
Kashubian form of AUGUSTINA.

AGÙSTINKA f Kashubian
Diminutive of AGÙSTINA.

AITAL m Polish (Archaic)
This is the name of a Christian saint, most likely from a Persian source meaning "light; bright." The name was borne by the Polish mayor of Sanok Aital Witoszyński (1898-1905).

AJAKS m Polish
Polish form of AJAX.

AJGIALE f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of AEGIALE.

AKWILINA f Polish
Polish form of AQUILINA.

ALA f Polish, Kashubian
Polish diminutive of ALICJA and ALINA and Kashubian diminutive of ALICJÔ and ALOJZA.

ALADYN m Polish
Polish form of ALADDIN.

ALARYK m Polish
Polish form of ALARIC.

ALBERTYNA f Polish
Polish form of ALBERTINA.

ALBERYK m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of ALBERICH.

ALBWIN m Ancient Germanic, Polish
Derived from Old High German alb (which comes from Old Norse âlfr) "elf" combined with Old High German wini "friend".

ALDERYK m Polish (Archaic)
Variant of ADALRYK.

ALDKA f Kashubian
Diminutive of names ending in -alda, such as RÓMÙALDA.

ALDMIR m Polish (Archaic)
Polish variant of ALDEMAR.

ALEK m Polish
Diminutive of ALEKSANDER.

ALEKSA f Polish
Diminutive of ALEKSANDRA as well as a feminine form of ALEKSY.

ALEKSÃDER m Kashubian
Variant of ALEKSANDER.

ALEKSJA f Polish
Feminine form of ALEKSY.

ALFESIBEA f Italian, Polish
Italian and Polish form of ALPHESIBOEA.

ALFÓNKS m Kashubian
Kashubian form of ALFONS.

ALFONSA f Spanish, Italian, Polish
Spanish and Italian feminine form of ALFONSO and Polish feminine form of ALFONS.

ALFONSYNA f Polish
Feminine form of ALFONS.

ALFRID m Silesian
Silesian form of ALFRED.

ALFRYD m Silesian
Silesian form of ALFRED.

ALFUN m Silesian
Silesian form of ALFONS.

ALICJÔ f Kashubian
Kashubian form of ALICE.

ALKA f Polish
Diminutive of ALICJA.

ALKAJOS m Polish
Polish form of Alkaios (see ALCAEUS).

ALODIUSZ m Polish (Archaic)
Masculine form of ALODIA.

ALOJZA f Polish, Kashubian
Polish and Kashubian feminine form of ALOJZY as well as a Kashubian feminine form of ALOJZ.

ALTEA f Italian, Spanish, Polish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Cognate of ALTHEA.

ALUSIA f Polish
Diminutive of ALICJA, ALINA, ALDONA, ALEKSANDRA or other names beginning with Al-.

ALUSZKA f Kashubian
Diminutive of ALICJÔ.

ALWINA f Dutch, German, Polish
Feminine form of ALWIN.

ALŻKA f Polish (Archaic)
Older form of HALSZKA.

AMADEA f Late Roman, German, Italian, Hungarian, Galician, Polish
Late Roman and German feminine form of AMADEUS, Italian and Galician feminine form of AMADEO and Hungarian and Polish feminine form of AMADEUSZ.

AMADEÙSZ m Kashubian
Kashubian form of AMADEUS.

AMADEUSZ m Polish, Hungarian
Polish and Hungarian form of AMADEUS.

AMALARYK m Polish
Polish form of AMALARIC.

AMALTEJA f Polish, Literature, Greek Mythology
Polonised version of AMALTHEA, appears in the Greek Mythology by JAN Parandowski

AMANCJUSZ m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of AMANTIUS.

AMAŃDA f Kashubian
Kashubian form of AMANDA.

AMAT m Polish (Archaic), Catalan (Rare), Gascon (Archaic)
Catalan, Polish and Gascon form of AMATUS.

AMBIORYKS m Polish
Polish form of AMBIORIX.

AMBROŚ m Polish
Diminutive of AMBROŻY.

AMBROŻ m Polish (Archaic)
Archaic variant of AMBROŻY.

AMBROZIK m Polish
Diminutive of AMBROŻY.

AMBROZJA f Polish
Polish form of AMBROSIA.

AMÉLA f Kashubian
Kashubian form of AMELIA.

AMELCIA f Polish
Polish diminutive of AMELIA.

AMFITEA f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of AMPHITHEA.

AMONIUSZ m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of AMMONIUS.

AMPELIA f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of AMPELIUSZ.

AMPELIUSZ m Polish (Rare)
Form of AMPELIUS.

ANAKLET m Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Polish, Russian
Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Polish and Russian form of Anakletos (see ANACLETUS).

ANAKSAGORAS m Polish
Polish form of ANAXAGORAS.

ANAKSYMANDER m Polish
Polish form of ANAXIMANDER.

ANAKSYMENES m Polish
Polish form of ANAXIMENES.

ANASTAZJÔ f Kashubian
Kashubian form of ANASTASIA.

ANASTAZJUSZ m Polish
Polish form of ANASTASIUS.

ANASTAZYA f Polish (Archaic)
Archaic variant of ANASTAZJA.

ANATOLA f Polish (Rare)
Polish variant of ANATOLIA.

ANATOLIUSZ m Polish
Polish form of ANATOLIUS.

AŃCIA f Silesian
Diminutive of ANNA and ANA.

ANDA f Polish

ANDONIK m Polish
Polish form of ANDON.

ANDREK m Polish (Rare)
Diminutive of ANDRZEJ.

ANDROMACHA f Polish
Polish form of ANDROMACHE.

ANDRUŚ m Polish (Rare)
Diminutive of ANDRZEJ.

ANDRZÉJ m Kashubian
Kashubian form of ANDREW.

ANDRZEJA f Polish
Feminine form of ANDRZEJ.

ANDRZEJEK m Polish
Diminutive of ANDRZEJ.

ANDRZEJKA f Polish
Diminutive of ANDRZEJA.

ANDRZELA f Polish (Modern, Rare)
Phonetic respelling of ANGELA.

ANDRZELIKA f Polish (Modern, Rare)
Polonization of ANGELIKA.

ANDŻELA f Kashubian
Kashubian short form of ANDŻELIKA as well as a cognate of ANGELA.

ANDŻELINA f Polish (Modern, Rare)
Polonization of ANGELINA.

ANDZIA f Silesian
Silesian borrowing of ANTJE.

ANÉCZKA f Kashubian
Diminutive of ANA.

ANECZKA f Polish
Diminutive of ANNA.

ANÉTA f Kashubian
Diminutive of ANA.

ANETKA f Polish, Czech
Diminutive of ANETA.

ANETTA f Hungarian, Polish (Rare), Slovak (Rare), Czech (Rare)
Hungarian variant of ANETT and Polish, Czech and Slovak variant of ANETA.

ANIAN m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of ANIANUS.

ANICET m French, Polish
French and Polish form of ANICETUS.

ANICETA f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Lithuanian
Feminine form of ANICETUS.

ANIELCIA f Polish
Diminutive of ANIELA.

ANIOŁ m Polish
Directly taken from Polish anioł "angel", this is name was used early on used as a vernacular form of ANGELUS.

ANITKA f Polish
Diminutive of Anita.

ANIULA f Polish
Diminutive of ANNA.

ANIZJA f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Anizjusz.

ANNASZ m Polish
Polish form of ANNAS.

ANNUSZA f Polish
Diminutive of ANNA.

ANTEA f Italian, Italian (Swiss), Maltese (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Italian and Polish form of ANTHEA.

ANTEK m Polish, Silesian
Polish and Silesian diminutive of ANTONI.

ANTELM m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of ANTHELM.

ANTER m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of ANTEROS.

ANTEROS m Greek Mythology, Croatian (Rare), Polish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Means "love returned" in Greek. Anteros was the Greek god of requited love and the avenger of unrequited love, one of an order of winged love gods called the Erotes. ... [more]

ANTÓN m Kashubian
Kashubian form of ANTON.

ANTÓNA f Kashubian
Feminine form of ANTÓN.

ANTONIUSZ m Polish
Polish form of ANTONIUS.

ANTOŚ m Polish
Diminutive of ANTONI.

ANTOSIA f Polish
Diminutive of ANTONINA.

ANTÓSZ m Kashubian
Diminutive of ANTÓN and ANTONI.

ANTOSZA f Kashubian
Diminutive of ANTÓNA and ANTONINA.

ANTUZA f Romanian, Polish (Rare)
Romanian and Polish form of ANTHOUSA.

ANTYD m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of Antidius.

ANTYFONT m Polish
Polish form of ANTIPHON.

ANTYGONA f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of ANTIGONE.

ANTYM m Polish
Polish form of Anthimos via ANTHIMUS.

ANTYPATER m Polish
Polish form of ANTIPATER.

ANTYSTENES m Polish
Polish form of ANTISTHENES.

ANULA f Kashubian, Polish
Kashubian diminutive of ANA and Polish diminutive of ANNA.

ANUNCJATA f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of ANNUNZIATA.

ANUNIA f Polish
Diminutive of ANNA.

ANUSIA f Polish
Diminutive of ANNA.

ANUSZA f Kashubian
Diminutive of ANA.

ANZÉLM m Kashubian
Kashubian form of ANSELM.

ANZELM m Polish
Polish form of ANSELM.

ANZÉLMA f Kashubian
Feminine form of ANZÉLM.

ANZELMA f Polish, Lithuanian (Rare)
Polish and Lithuanian feminine form of ANSELM.

APÒLA f Kashubian
Variant of APÒLONIÔ.

APOLINARIA f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Polish (Rare)
Spanish and Polish feminine form of APOLLINARIS.

APOLLINA f Polish
Polish adoption of APOLLINE.

APÒLO m Kashubian
Kashubian form of APOLLO.

APÒLONIÔ f Kashubian
Kashubian form of APOLLONIA.

APOLONIUSZ m Polish
Polish form of APOLLONIUS.

APPIUSZ m Polish
Polish form of APPIUS.

ARABELA f Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Filipino, Romanian, Polish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Romanian form and Polish variant of ARABELLA.

ARCHIP m Polish
Polish form of Archippos via its latinized form ARCHIPPUS.

ARDARYK m Polish
Polish form of ARDARIC.

AREK m Polish
Diminutive of ARKADIUSZ.

ARGYMIR m Polish (Rare)
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a IX century saint.

ARIADKA f Kashubian
Diminutive of ARIADNA.

ARIELA f Hebrew, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Croatian, Italian (Rare), Polish
Variant of ARIELLA, Italian feminine form of ARIELE and Polish feminine form of ARIEL.

ARISTAJOS m Polish
Polish form of ARISTAEUS.

ARK m Kashubian
Diminutive of ARKADIUSZ.

ARKADIA f Greek Mythology, Polish (Archaic)
Greek feminine form of ARKADIOS and Polish feminine form of ARKADIUSZ and ARKADY.

ARLENA f English (Rare), Polish (Rare)
English variant and Polish borrowing of ARLENE.

ARLETA f Polish, Czech (Rare)
Polish and Czech form of ARLETTE.

ARNOLDA f German, Dutch, Lithuanian (Rare), Kashubian
Feminine form of ARNOLD.

ARSENIUSZ m Polish
Polish form of ARSENIUS.

ARTEMAS m Ancient Greek, Biblical, Polish (Archaic)
Presumably a contracted form of ARTEMIDOROS. This name is mentioned briefly in the New Testament, in Saint Paul's letter to Titus. According to George Rippey Stewart in 'American Given Names' (1979): "It is chiefly remembered from General Artemas Ward, of the Revolution (born 1727)... [more]

ARTEMIA f Spanish (Mexican), Italian (Tuscan, Rare), Polish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of ARTEMIO and Polish feminine form of ARTEMIUSZ.

ARTEMIDA f Russian, Polish (Rare)
Russian and Polish form of ARTEMIS.

ARTEMIDOR m German, Polish
German and Polish form of ARTEMIDOROS.

ARTEMIUSZ m Polish
Polish form of ARTEMIOS.

ARTEMIZJA f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of ARTEMISIA.

ARTURK m Kashubian
Diminutive of ARTUR.

ARUNIO m Polish (Archaic)
Diminutive of ARKADIUSZ.

ARUŚ m Polish
Diminutive of ARKADIUSZ.

ARWID m Polish (Rare)
Polish borrowing of ARVID.

ARYSTARCH m Polish
Polish form of ARISTARCHUS.

ARYSTEA f Polish
Polish form of ARISTEA.

ARYSTOBUL m Polish
Polish form of ARISTOBULUS.

ARYSTOFANES m Polish
Polish form of ARISTOPHANES.

ARYSTOTELES m Polish
Polish form of ARISTOTLE.

ARYSTYDA f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of ARYSTYDES.

ARYSTYDES m Polish
Polish form of ARISTIDES.

ARYSTYP m Polish
Polish form of Aristippos via its latinized form ARISTIPPUS.

ASENATA f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of ASENATH.

ASIEŃKA f Polish
Diminutive of JOANNA.

AŚKA f Polish
Polish diminutive of JOANNA via Joaśka.

ASPAZJA f Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of ASPASIA.

ASPAZJUSZ m Polish
Variant of ASPAZY.

ASPAZY m Polish
Polish form of ASPASIUS.

ASTERIUSZ m Polish
Polish form of ASTERIOS.

ASTRIDA f Czech, Slovak, Kashubian
Czech and Slovak variant and Kashubian form of ASTRID.

ASTRYDA f Polish
Polish form of ASTRID.

ASTYANAKS m Polish
Polish form of ASTYANAX.

ASYNKRYT m Polish
Meaning unknown, probably of Greek origin.

ATALARYK m Polish
Polish form of ATHALARIC.

ATANAZJA f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of ATANAZY.

ATANAZY m Polish
Polish form of ATHANASIUS.

ATENA f Catalan (Rare), Croatian (Rare), Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian
Catalan, Croatian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Romanian form of ATHENA.

ATENAGORAS m Polish
Polish form of ATHENAGORAS.

ATENAIDA f Polish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Cognate of ATHENAIS.

ATENODOR m Polish, Basque, Catalan
Catalan, Polish and Basque form of ATHENODORUS.

ATTYK m Polish
Polish form of ATTICUS.

AUGÙST m Kashubian
Kashubian form of AUGUST.

AUGÙSTIN m Kashubian
Kashubian form of AUGUSTIN.

AUKSENCJA f Polish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of AUKSENCJUSZ.

AUKSENCJUSZ m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of AUXENTIUS.

AUKSENTY m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of AUXENTIUS.

AÙRÉLA f Kashubian
Kashubian form of AURELIA.

AURELEK m Polish (Rare)
Diminutive of AURELIUSZ, AURELIAN or AURELI.

AURELIAN m English, Dutch, History, Romanian, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), German (Rare), Polish
Form of Aurelianus (see AURELIANO). This name was borne by a Roman emperor from the 3rd century AD.

AÙRELIÓN m Kashubian
Kashubian form of AURELIAN.

AURELKA f Polish
Diminutive of AURELIA.

AUREUSZ m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of AUREUS.

AWA f Polish (Modern, Rare)
Polish form of Ava.

AWELINA f Polish (Rare)
Variant of EWELINA.

AWENTYN m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of AVENTINUS.

AWIT m Polish
Polish form of AVITUS.

AWITA f Polish (Archaic)
Feminine form of AWIT.

BĄDZIMIR m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish bądź, which is the second-person singular imperative form of the verb być "to be". The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace"... [more]

BĄDZISŁAW m Polish

BĄDZISŁAWA f Polish
Feminine form of BĄDZISŁAW.

BĄDZSŁAWA f Polish
Derived from będzie meaning "will be, going to" and sława meaning "fame, glory".

BAKCHUS m Polish
Polish form of BACCHUS.

BALBIN m Croatian (Rare), French, Polish
Croatian, French and Polish form of BALBINUS.

BALCER m Polish (Archaic)
Diminutive of BALTAZAR.

BALDOMER m Polish (Archaic)
Variant of BALDOMAR.

BALDOMERA f Polish (Archaic)
Feminine form of BALDOMER.

BALLADYNA f Polish (Rare), Theatre
Used by the Polish writer Juliusz Słowacki for the heroine of his tragic play Balladyna (1834), about a fictional Slavic queen who is corrupted by her rise to power. Słowacki based the name on the Polish word ballada meaning "ballad".

BAPTYSTA f Polish (Archaic)
Polish feminine form of BAPTISTA.

BARABASZ m Polish
Polish form of BARABBAS.

BARBACY m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of Barbatus.

BARBAT m Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of Barbatus.

BARBÔRKA f Kashubian
Diminutive of BARBARA.

BARBORKA f Czech, Silesian
Czech and Silesian diminutive of BARBORA, not used as a given name in its own right.

BARËSZA f Kashubian
Diminutive of BARBARA.

BARNIM m Medieval German, German (Modern, Rare), Polish, Kashubian
Short form of names beginning with Barni- and Broni-, such as BRONIMIR, BARNIMIR, BRONISŁAW and BARNISŁAW... [more]

BARNIMIRA f Kashubian
Kashubian form of BRONIMIRA.

BARNISŁAWA f Kashubian
Kashubian form of BRONISŁAWA.

BARTŁOMIEJA f Polish (Archaic)
Feminine form of BARTŁOMIEJ.

BARTŁOMIÉŃ m Kashubian
Kashubian form of BARTHOLOMEW.

BARTOLOMEA f Italian, Polish
Italian and Polish feminine form of BARTHOLOMEW.

BARTUŚ m Polish
Diminutive of BARTŁOMIEJ.