Talk:Polish name
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[edit] Are you sure that in Poland in XV century only nobles had surnames?
Consider Nicolaus Copernicus, or more strictly Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus is a latinized form; latinized forms were common during Middle Ages and Renaissance).
He was not a nobleman - he was a townsman; neverthless, he had a family name. Kopernik was surely his family name and not a nickname (as he inherited this, so did his father), and it was a Polish family name (Copernicus' father was Polish).
- I believe that everyone had surnames in Poland, but the noblemen had surnamed ending in '...ski' --Iamcon 01:38, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, it could make some mistakes. Not all Noble familly had their names ended by =-ski" or "-cki". Many old, powerfull famiilies had names like Górka, Pac, Odrowąż, Ostroróg, Kostka and so on. Also many non-nobles, AFAIR especialy in Galicia, changed their names to more "nobele" adding "-cki" or "-ski" for example from "Kowal" to "Kowalski". So ending of surname is not enough to say that someone was noble or not. Radomil talk 11:50, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wojciech?
Is `Wojciech' really a Slavic name?
- Yes, the Polish Wikipedia says it literally means "glad to be a warrior". The Polish name Wojciech probably comes for the Czech Vojtěch, but both languages are of course Slavic. – Kpalion (talk) 11:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Birthday
Part oabout name'sday and birthday is very East Poland POV. In Western part of country (Greater Poland, Upper Silesia) birthday were more popular than name's day at least since 19th century. Radomil talk 18:16, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] namedays
I live in western Poland and namesday are more often celebrated than birthdays. I think that that is the same in whole Poland so you should changed it.
It depends what do Tou mean "western Poland". In Greater Poland (or more correctly in ex- Grand Duchy of Poznań), Upper Silesia and Eastern Pommerania Birthday's are much more popular. Radomil talk 12:54, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
