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A child in Poland is usually given one or two names; Polish registry offices do not register more than two. Among Catholics, who form the vast majority of the population, it is customary to adopt the name of a saint as an informal, third given name at confirmation, however, this does not have any legal effect.
Lechia is an ancient name of Poland, [6] [7] stemming from the legendary founder and supposed ruler, Lech (a common first name today). The root syllable survives in several European languages and in some Central Asian and Middle Eastern names designating Poland, for example: Lenkija in Lithuanian; Lehia in Romanian; Lengyelország in Hungarian
The peak of its popularity came between 1900 and 1920, when it was among the top fifty given names for American girls. Agnieszka was the sixth-most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2007, having risen as high as third place in Sweden and Poland in 2006. It also ranked among the top one hundred names for baby girls born in Hungary in 2005 ...
In 1947, Wanda was cited as the second most popular name, after Mary, for Polish girls, and the most popular from Polish secular history. [2] The name was made familiar in the English-speaking world by the 1883 novel Wanda , written by Ouida , the story line of which is based on the last years of the Hechingen branch of the Swabian House of ...
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Rosa Bailly (1890–1976), teacher, activist, translator, journalist history and travel writer and poet; Lidia Bajkowska, writer of children’s educational music books; Jadwiga Barańska (born 1935), actress, screenwriter; Ewa Białołęcka (born 1967), novelist, short story writer