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Pola is the Polish variant of Paula.
Looks as it is rather popular right now - in a hitparade of the names for newborns in Warshaw it ranked #19 in 2008.
Rene www.BabyNames.ch
Looks as it is rather popular right now - in a hitparade of the names for newborns in Warshaw it ranked #19 in 2008.
Rene www.BabyNames.ch
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Not correct
This is not a Polish variant of Paula. Polish etymological sources say that there is a confusion between the two names because the name Paula is pronounced like Pola in some Polish accents(although in my accent they are quite different). Pola was previously only a nickname for Apolonia(Polish form has on e P) but is now used as an independent name. I know a sibset in Poland of Pola and Ninel.
There is also the similar Polish name Poliana/Polianna. It is not related to the literary name Polyanna. It is the feminine form of the name Polian which is in turn the Polish form of the Roman name Polianus.
This is not a Polish variant of Paula. Polish etymological sources say that there is a confusion between the two names because the name Paula is pronounced like Pola in some Polish accents(although in my accent they are quite different). Pola was previously only a nickname for Apolonia(Polish form has on e P) but is now used as an independent name. I know a sibset in Poland of Pola and Ninel.
There is also the similar Polish name Poliana/Polianna. It is not related to the literary name Polyanna. It is the feminine form of the name Polian which is in turn the Polish form of the Roman name Polianus.
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Okay, thank you so much for this!
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Thank you!
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