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Polish toponymic surnames (76 P) Pages in category "Polish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,964 total.
For example, Maria may be called Marycha or Marychna. As in many other cultures, a person may informally use a nickname (pseudonim, ksywa) or instead of a given name. In 2009, the most popular female names in Poland were Anna, Maria and Katarzyna (Katherine). The most popular male names were Piotr (Peter), Krzysztof (Christopher) and Andrzej ...
Polish-language surnames (1 C, 1,930 P) S. Surnames of Silesian origin (1 C, 17 P) T. Polish toponymic surnames (76 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Polish ...
This category is for surnames originated among Slavic peoples, i.e., peoples who speak Slavic languages. Often the origins of these surnames is difficult to pinpoint, since the three cultures have common origins and heavy mutual influence.
(e.g. Esenteghin, Alymbekteghin, Üsönaalyteghin) Marriage form for the surname -teghinghe — "Belonging to this family tree" (e.g. Esenteghinghe, Alymbekteghinghe, Üsönaalyteghinghe)-tō, -dō "from Fujiwara clan"-tzki, -tzky (Polish) – phonetic Germanized spelling of original Polish -cki [citation needed]
Polish names in Germany abound as a result of over 100,000 people (including 130,000 "Ruhrpolen") immigrating westward from the Polish-speaking areas of the German Empire. Many Polish-named Germans reside in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin , though they are mostly " Germanized " by form (e.g. Orlowski , Schimanski ...
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.. The main types of Slavic names: . Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (Ostromir/měr, Tihomir/měr, Němir/měr), *voldъ (Vsevolod, Rogvolod), *pъlkъ (Svetopolk, Yaropolk), *slavъ (Vladislav, Dobroslav, Vseslav) and their derivatives (Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata, etc.)
Harriet Zeitlin (born 1929), American painter and sculptor. Wolfgang Zelmer (born 1948), German painter and etcher. Zeng Jing (曾鯨, 1568–1650), Chinese painter. Karl Zerbe (1903–1972), German/American painter. Zha Shibiao (查士标, 1615–1698), Chinese painter and calligrapher.