Message: "Grazy" - Behind the Name

Grazy

by )( (guest)

8/2/2022, 6:08 AM

I met a Grazy short for Grazyna. Wdyt?

#Grazy #Grazyna

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- Dianatiger

8/3/2022, 8:07 PM

That's how my sister would spell my name before she was fully literate. That and Grasy.

- erb816

8/2/2022, 12:45 PM

Okay, Grażyna isn't bad.

Grażyna is a nice Polish name (I actually like it better than Graciana or the quite popular Grace). But I'm gonna be honest, I initially misread Grazy as "Crazy."

And then I misread it again as "Gravy."

So... no Grazy for me, sorry.

- Gingersnap (Ranchie)

8/2/2022, 12:07 PM

I was thinking that would be a nice nickname for Grazyna. I love the name Grazyna and knew a very nice woman with that name. She was Polish, but went by Grace when she came to the United States.

- Grazz

8/2/2022, 11:45 AM

This sounds like an inside joke I’d have with my friend.
My opinion though? Idk cuz I’m not Polish.

- namesarecool285 +6

8/2/2022, 10:54 AM

I’m sure in Polish that it’s a beautiful name and diminutive. However, I’m not a fan of it in English. It sounds like a mix between the words Gravy and Crazy. I prefer the name Grace, personally. It also has Gracie; a nickname that sounds kind of similar.

- ari. +5

8/2/2022, 11:38 AM

Actually, Grazy would not be used as a diminutive at all in Poland. Grażyna (not Grazyna) is pronounced gra-ZHI-na, and the commonly used diminutives are Grażka (GRASH-ka) and Grażynka (gra-ZHIN-ka).

- cherrypiee (Chwala) +3

8/2/2022, 12:34 PM

I suppose you also have Graża? More of a nn than diminutive but pretty common and only one letter away from OP's acquaintance. I wonder how Grazy pronounces her nn. Like "crazy"? Gra-zee? I guess, the latter but it really wants to morph into "crazy" or possibly "grazie" with extremely fake Italian accent.

This message was edited 8/2/2022, 12:34 PM

- Grazz

8/2/2022, 4:26 PM

The reminds me of how people on discord mispronounced my username (Graz)

It’s supposed to be pronounced like GROTZ or GROZ (like wizard of oz) but most people said it with a hard A (like jazz) so I just went with it. They thought it was absurd that it was supposed to be “groz”

I never actually use 2 zs, just on here.
It’s ugly on purpose.

- )( (guest) +1

8/2/2022, 1:06 PM

Pron like crazy.

- cherrypiee (Chwala)

8/2/2022, 2:46 PM

Oh lord almighty, why? At that point it doesn't even make sense with the full name, which has an "ah" sound not "ay". If she was going to just ditch her Polish name and go by something sort of close but not quite, she could've just picked Gracie. I'm going to go ahead and assume she's very eccentric and did this on purpose, specifically to get that crazy Grazy thing, because otherwise it just doesn't add up for me.

- namesarecool285

8/2/2022, 12:20 PM

Interesting! I assumed that it was because of the poster’s Grazy. Thank you for correcting me!

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