Polish Names

Pretty in a polka-dancing way.

Lech (brother of Czech and Rus) was the mythical father of the Poles, and also the name of the Polish worker-president Lech Walesa, but it still isn't a name that travels well.

Old-man name, soft as a fraying gray cashmere cardigan, that would be even cuter for a girl.

See ISAAC.

Sounds a bit pharmaceutical.

The usual form of Eleonara is Eleanora, with each syllable pronounced, but transposing, adding, or subtracting a vowel or syllable here or there works fine and adds to the international, feminine spin on a solid name.

In the Top 100 in Poland, this is probably the most flowery and feminine version of Agnes making the rounds.

A pan-European variant of Bertha and nickname for -berta ending names, such as Alberta and Roberta. It's certainly much more appealing than its predecessor, but unlikely to become a hit in the US anytime soon.

Crisply appealing.

A more interesting and unusual shortening of Antonia than Toni.