Message: "Polish Names" - Behind the Name

Polish Names

by Felie

1/28/2016, 2:54 AM

Hi !!!

I was looking for Polish names...
...and I found WACŁAW, GRZEGORZ, SZCZEPAN and ŚWIĘTOMIERZ that I don't know how pronounce them.

Is there any Polish user who can help me?

Can you suggest me some Polish names that are modern (for children born in XXI century)?

Byeeeeee

#Polish

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- Samantha Carter

1/30/2016, 8:41 AM

Polish names have hard pronounciation. So I can help you.

Bogdan "bawg-dahn"
Bogowid
Bogumił "baw-guw-meev"
Bogumyslaw "baw-guw-mees-lahf"
Bojan
Bolemir "baw-leh-meer"
Boleslaw
Borzywoj "baw-zhee-wawy"
Bratomir
Bronimir
Bronislaw "braw-nee-slahf"
Budzimir "buwd-zhi-meer"
Budzislaw "buwd-zhi-slahf"

Cczibor "czi-bawr"
Cieslaw "czeslahf"

Dalebor
Dalemil
Dobromir
Dobromyslaw - nickname Dobby, Dobres, Dobrosz "daw-brosh"
Dragomir
Dragoslaw
Duszan "duw-shahn"

Gorazd
Goscimir "gawsh-czi-mir"
Goscislaw "gawsh-czi-slahf"

Jaromir
Jaroslaw
Jaropelk
Jarowit
Jarilo

Kazimierz
Krzesimir "kzhe-shee-meer" (shortly)

Leszek "leshek"
Lubomir
Lubomysl
Ludomil
Ludomir
Ludoslav
Ludziwoj
Lutobor
Lutomir
Lutomysl
Lutoslaw

Mieszko "myeh-sh-kaw"
Milan
Miloslaw
Miroslaw
Milosz "mi-law:sh"
Mojmir

Przemyslaw "pzhemees-lahf"
Perun

Racimir "rah-czi-mir"
Racislaw
Radegast
Radomil "rah-daw-miv"
Radoslaw
Radovan
Radowit
Radzim "radzeem"
Roscislaw "rawsh-czee-slahf"

Siemowit "shyeh-maw-wit"
Slobodan
Slawobor
Slawolub
Slawomir
Slawoslaw
Sobiebor
Sobiemysl
Spycigniew "spee-czig-niev"
Spycimir
Stanimir
Stanislaw
Stojan
Stojslaw
Stragomir
Swantowit

Swietoslaw "sh-vyeh-taw-slahf"
Swietomir
Swietopelk

Wacław "wats-vahf"
Wielimir
Wielislaw
Wladan
Wlodzimierz
Wlodzislaw
Wojmir
Wojslaw
Wolimir

- Ottilie +3

1/29/2016, 9:34 AM

I was about to help you out with these, under the assumption that you asked because BtN doesn't list the pronunciations, but it does. Click on the names and you'll find them.

Check here for modern, i.e. popular, names used in Poland.

- Felie +2

1/30/2016, 7:21 AM

Hi !!!

You were not so kind...
I know that there is a pronounce but I asked for it to users because I don't know their polularity and also because we are from different countries so I'm glad to search different opinions...

Byeeeee

- Ottilie +1

1/30/2016, 9:57 AM

Explain to me how I was unkind. I was going to list the pronunciations for you but the site already does that much better than I can.

I meant to include this link for popular names: http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/poland/2014

- Felie

1/31/2016, 6:21 AM

Hi !!!

I'm so sorry...

I'm the real unkind not you...
When I wrote the message I was annoyed for other reason not for Behind the Name...

Thank you for links XD

Byeeeeeeee

- Yekristiniana +1

1/28/2016, 1:34 PM

The first one I know is Vac-lav. The only modern polish names I know are Vincent and Anna

- Ottilie

1/29/2016, 9:31 AM

QuoteThe first one I know is Vac-lav

It's really not. Check the link: Wacław

- Caprice +2

1/28/2016, 5:34 AM

I don't speak Polish, but I think I know pretty well how to pronounce these names:
Waclaw sounds like WAT-suahv (I can't write the L with the line on, but it sounds a bit like the English W).
Grzegorz - GSHEH-gawrsh
Szczepan - SHCHEH-pahn (first sh as in shine, then ch as in chin)
Swietomierz - I think it's something like SCH-wyahn-toh-myerts (the first E is nasal, a bit like "un" in French).

To all Polish-speakers out there, sorry if this is totally wrong! But I did my best!

- antipedant

1/28/2016, 9:22 AM

Not bad! I would also note is that the letter 'w' in Polish sounds more like the hard English 'v'. The first two names are fairly common, but Szczepan and Swietomierz are less so.

-r

- Felie

1/28/2016, 7:55 AM

Hi !!!

Thank you very very much!!!

I'm Italian so these sounds are not familiar..
They are so complicated!

I will go on holiday in Poland this summer...
I'm trying to read some Polish names so I will understand and say names of streets and points of interest.

If you have got any advice I'm here but...
...thank tou very much for prounces !!! XDXDXD

Byeee

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