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Pages in category "Polish feminine given names" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 ...
Antonia, Antónia, Antônia, or Antonía is a feminine given name and a surname. It is of Roman origin, used as the name of women of the Antonius family. Its meaning is "priceless", "praiseworthy" and "beautiful". Antonia is a Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese name used in many parts of the world. [1]
Polish names have two main elements: the given name, and the surname. The usage of personal names in Poland is generally governed by civil law , church law, personal taste and family custom. The law requires a given name to indicate the person's gender.
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), Polish Jewish-American writer and illustrator of children's books; Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991), Polish-American writer in Yiddish, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. Maja Trochimczyk (born 1957), music historian, poet, editor, translator and publisher, [75] founder of Moonrise Press [76]
Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name ... (born 1989), Korean-American singer, a member of Korean pop group Girls ... Polish-American ...
Natalia Komarova (born 1971), Russian-American applied mathematician; Natalia Kuchinskaya (born 1949), Soviet Olympic gymnast; Natalia Kucirkova (born 1985), Slovak academic; Natalia Kukulska (born 1976), Polish singer; Natalia Kusendova, Canadian politician; Natalia Lafourcade (born 1984), Mexican singer-songwriter; Natália Lage (born 1978 ...
The history of Polish immigration to the United States can be divided into three stages, beginning with the first stage in the colonial era down to 1870, small numbers of Poles and Polish subjects came to America as individuals or in small family groups, and they quickly assimilated and did not form separate communities, with the exception of Panna Maria, Texas founded in the 1850s.