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ABSALON m Danish (Rare), Faroese, Norwegian (Rare), Polish, Gascon, French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)Polish, French, Gascon, Danish, Faroese and Norwegian form of
ABSALOM.
ADA f German, Biblical German, Croatian (Rare), Galician, Slovene, Polish, Kashubian, HungarianGerman, Croatian, Galician, Slovene, Hungarian, Polish and Kashubian form of
ADAH.
ADEODAT m Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, UkrainianBulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Ukrainian form of
ADEODATUS.
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).
ALBWIN m Ancient Germanic, PolishDerived from Old High German
alb (which comes from Old Norse
âlfr) "elf" combined with Old High German
wini "friend".
AMADEA f Late Roman, German, Italian, Sicilian, Hungarian, Galician, Polish, SloveneLate Roman and German feminine form of
AMADEUS, Italian and Galician feminine form of
AMADEO, Sicilian feminine form of
AMADEU, Hungarian and Polish feminine form of
AMADEUSZ and Slovene variant of
AMADEJA.
ANIOŁ m PolishDirectly taken from Polish
anioł "angel", this is name was used early on used as a vernacular form of
ANGELUS.
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)... [
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ATENA f Catalan (Rare), Croatian (Rare), Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, SerbianCatalan, Croatian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Romanian form of
ATHENA.
AURELIAN m History, English, Dutch, Romanian, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), German (Rare), Polish, Lengadocian, ProvençalForm of
Aurelianus (see
AURELIANO). This name was borne by a Roman emperor from the 3rd century AD.
BĄDZIMIR m PolishThe 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"... [
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BĄDZSŁAWA f PolishDerived from
będzie meaning "will be, going to" and
sława meaning "fame, glory".
BALLADYNA f Polish (Rare), TheatreUsed 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".