Would you like to give your baby a Polish name, but you don’t know what to choose? For a girl as for a boy, here are ideas of Slavic first names that will please future parents!
Polish first names are part of a large linguistic family that are the Slavic languages. They are melodious, and their pronunciation often does not reflect their writing. Polish first names can be short, steeped in history, delicate, popular, or even evoke French first names due to religions common to several European countries. Here are our selection of the most beautiful first names of Polish origin for girls and boys.
Polish female given names
THE Polish female names are sometimes very old, as evidenced by Benedykt, Elzbieta (equivalent to Elisabeth), or Anastazy which was the first name of many saints and which is written in French Anastasie. The very old first name Marie has its Polish version and an equally deep history, it is written Maria or Maryla. Some female names can be short, such as Jola, Jasia, Fela, Sylwia. Others are very popular, like Dana, Daria, Raïna, Natalia, Hanna, Ania or even Daniela. Find all our ideas of Polish baby girl names :
Polish male names
THE Polish male names will delight all searches… Some of them are short and popular, like Jakub, Bogdan, Karol, Wit or even Olaf and Jan which are particularly modern. There are many that greatly evoke French first names, with the same musicality: Aleksy, Artur, Adrian, Arnold or Antoni are part of it, as Mariusz, Maksym or Maksymilian. As for popular Polish first names, we find Konrad, Iwan, Marian, Wiktor, Igor which is a classic, or Dominick.
The meanings of Polish first names
If you are looking for a Polish first name that makes sense, refer to:
| Polish girl names | Polish names for boys |
| Sylwia: Power | Boleslaw: Glory |
| Kaja: strength | Dobrogost: spring |
| Ewa: the one who gives life | Andrejz: manly |
| Fela: the lucky one | Bogdan: the gift of god |
| Jasia: God is great | Czeslaw: the one who brings honor |
| Irenka: peace | Jacek: the one whom god loves |
| Anielka: the one who surrounds | Dobromir: one who brings peace |
| Celina: the one who rules the earth | Waclaw: the one who fights to win |
What are some rare Polish first names?
Some female Polish given names are rare, such as Katarzyna, Lechoslawa, Malgorzata, or even Beata, which means “blissful”. Nor do we come across many Genowefa, Jolanta or Boleslawa. Polish male first names also have their share of rarities, as evidenced by Wincenty, Wojciech, Zenon, Zbigniew, Pankracy and Polikarp that you don’t come across often! This is also the case of Radoslaw, Szczepan, or even Teodozjusz.
Polish first name ideas by letter
U-shaped
If you are looking for Polish first names in “u”, know that they are quite rare, there is only one per gender: Urszula and Urban.
In M
If you are looking for Polish first names in “m”: Maciej, Maksym, Mikolaj, Marian, Marcel, Michal, Mateusz, Mieszko, Magdalena, Maryla, Marlena, Monika, Marzena, Marta, Maria, Marianna, Malgorzata.
T-shaped
If you are looking for Polish first names in “t”: Tadeusz, Tomasz, Teodor, Tobiasz, Teodozjusz, Tekla, Teodozja, Teofila.
In K
If you are looking for Polish first names in “k”: Karol, Kamil, Kazimierz, Kazik, Konrad, Kacper, Krystian, Kaja, Kamilia, Karolina, Klara, Klaudia, Kinga, Krystyna, Kamila.