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They were both used in Poland since before England became the main cultural exporter in Europe. Especially Eliza isn't seen as "foreign" at all. Amanda is slightly more unusual, I suppose, so might be seen that way by some perhaps, but they are both names that my great-grandmothers could easily have had so I'd say they are pretty well established as Polish names by now.
And just as an aside, the generally speaking poorer classes tend to be in the avant-garde of introducing foreign names to Poland. It's still to an extent an existing stereotype that poorer people pick names from pop culture. 10-20 years ago Jessica, Brian, and Kevin were the subject of memes and relentlessly ridiculed for being associated with poverty and low education. So what I'm saying is, even if they had actual English names, such as Jennifer and Jessica it would have actually been far more interesting if they were rich.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/109883
And just as an aside, the generally speaking poorer classes tend to be in the avant-garde of introducing foreign names to Poland. It's still to an extent an existing stereotype that poorer people pick names from pop culture. 10-20 years ago Jessica, Brian, and Kevin were the subject of memes and relentlessly ridiculed for being associated with poverty and low education. So what I'm saying is, even if they had actual English names, such as Jennifer and Jessica it would have actually been far more interesting if they were rich.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/109883
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