CAF Create Your Polish Family: [name_m]Dice[/name_m] + Namebank.
inspired by honnepon & opheliaflora.
In order to create your Polish family, you’ll need a six-sided dice:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/six.htm
Where is your home? roll the dice:
#1. A full of folklore wooden house in the Polish Tatry Mountains.
#2. A stylish apartment overlooking the Baltic Sea.
#3. A truly rural, village-style house in the Masuria [name_u]Lake[/name_u] District.
http://tralandiastatic.com/rental_images/2013_06/05/bs/bu/medium.jpeg
#4. A full of heritage apartment in Toruń - the birthplace of [name_m]Nicholaus[/name_m] Copernicus, the great astronomer.
#5. A romantic cottage overlooking the Vistula river, the biggest and most important river in Poland.
http://cdn17.nieruchomosci.smcloud.net/t/photos/t/cc/1d/cc1d47d3da20b6ce_17398676.jpg
#6. A modern condo in the popular, hipster capital - Warsaw.
http://longterm.bblog.pl/i/blog/users/307/files/Image/Warszawa.jpg
To pick your surname, please roll the dice:
#1. Extremely common surnames (from 60.000 to 200.000 citizens wearing one of those): Nowak; Kowalski (Kowalska is feminine form); Wiśniewski (Wiśniewska is f); Kowalczyk; [name_f]Kami[/name_f]ński (again, change -i for -a for feminine form); Lewandowski (-a); Zieliński (-a); Mazur.
#2. Very common surnames (from 30.000 to 60.000 people): Krawczyk; Jankowski (-a); Grabowski (-a); Majewski (-a); Król; Adamczyk.
#3. Common surnames (average): Kubiak; Konieczny (change -y for -a for feminine form); Mazurek; Sawicki (-a); Sikorski (-a); Przybysz; Wójcik.
#4. Still common, but less: Marzec, Małek; Chmiel; Osiński (-a); Zych; Bednarz; Kasprzyk; Czerwiec.
#5. Animal-derived surnames: Lis; Zając; Wróbel; Dudek; Zięba; Kruk; [name_m]Lew[/name_m]; Bocian; Czajka; Koza.
#6. Very odd (up to 500 people actually wear this surname): Klyzna; Jaros; Welka; Buchardt; Zejma; Ostyk; Maza; Baliszyn; Gawlik.
*please note that only surnames that have (-a) written next to them have feminine form. not all the surnames have m/f forms (eg. if you pick Mazur, it’s both m/f).
Now choose the names for yourself and your husband:
You and DH (first and middle names): Awesome Polish Names | Nameberry
Now it’s time to meet your kids.
a) [name_m]Roll[/name_m] the dice to indicate the number of kids you have.
*If you live near the water (seaside, lake or river) add 1 to the number of children you already have.
*If you live in the mountains, add 3 to the number you have.
*If you live in the city (Torun or Warsaw) add one child. Two of your children are twins (your choice which ones).
b) [name_m]Roll[/name_m] the dice to find out the gender: 1,3,5 - it’s a boy! 2,4,6 - it’s a girl!
c) Then roll the dice for each child’s first name (choose from the namebank) and after roll again for the middle name.
#1 - Top 15 popular names (2013) in Poland:
girls: [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_f]Lena[/name_f], [name_f]Maja[/name_f], [name_f]Zuzanna[/name_f], Wiktoria, [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], Oliwia, [name_f]Aleksandra[/name_f], [name_f]Natalia[/name_f], [name_f]Zofia[/name_f], [name_f]Hanna[/name_f], [name_f]Alicja[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Nikola[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f].
boys: [name_m]Jakub[/name_m], [name_m]Kacper[/name_m], [name_m]Filip[/name_m], [name_m]Szymon[/name_m], [name_u]Jan[/name_u], [name_u]Micha[/name_u]ł, [name_m]Antoni[/name_m], [name_m]Mateusz[/name_m], [name_m]Bartosz[/name_m], Wojciech, [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_m]Piotr[/name_m], Aleksander, [name_m]Igor[/name_m], [name_f]Miko[/name_f]łaj.
#2 - Polish Slavic names and Slavic Mythology names:
girls: Dobrosława “Dobrusia”, Stanisława “[name_f]Stasia[/name_f]”, [name_f]Dola[/name_f], [name_m]Rod[/name_m], Boguwola, Bronisława “Bronka”, Jaromira “[name_f]Mira[/name_f]”, Mirosława “[name_f]Mirka[/name_f]”, Bogumiła “Bogusia”, Czesława “Czesia”, Nadzieja, Tomira, Wiesława “Wiesia”.
boys: Wojciech “Wojtek”, Chors, Dragomir, Przemysław “Przemek”, Weles, Perun, Jarosław “[name_m]Jarek[/name_m]”, Svantevit, [name_m]Waldemar[/name_m] “Waldek”, Stanisław “Stasiek”, Radosław “Radek”, [name_u]Les[/name_u]ław “[name_m]Leszek[/name_m]”, [name_m]Bogdan[/name_m], Mirosław “Mirek”, Bogumił, Mieszko, Kazimierz “Kazik”, Siemowit, [name_m]Zbigniew[/name_m] “Zbyszek”, Sławomir “Sławek”, Bogusław, [name_m]Lech[/name_m].
#3 - Common Polish names:
girls: [name_f]Justyna[/name_f], [name_f]Paulina[/name_f], [name_f]Katarzyna[/name_f], [name_f]Karolina[/name_f], [name_f]Dorota[/name_f], [name_f]Janina[/name_f], [name_f]Daria[/name_f], [name_f]Joanna[/name_f], [name_f]Kaja[/name_f], [name_f]Beata[/name_f], [name_f]Anita[/name_f], Agnieszka, [name_f]El[/name_f]żbieta, Grażyna, [name_f]Irena[/name_f], [name_f]Jadwiga[/name_f], Małgorzata, [name_f]Iwona[/name_f], [name_f]Kinga[/name_f], [name_f]Renata[/name_f], [name_f]Klara[/name_f], [name_f]Sara[/name_f], Urszula “[name_f]Ula[/name_f]”.
boys: Paweł, [name_m]Maciej[/name_m], [name_m]Krzysztof[/name_m], [name_m]Tomasz[/name_m], [name_u]Dominik[/name_u], Mariusz, [name_m]Damian[/name_m], Cezary, [name_m]Bart[/name_m]łomiej, [name_m]Bartek[/name_m], Andrzej, [name_f]Rafa[/name_f]ł, Grzegorz, Marcin, [name_m]Jerzy[/name_m], [name_m]Marek[/name_m], [name_m]Ryszard[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m].
#4 - Unusual Polish names:
girls: [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f], [name_f]Pola[/name_f], [name_f]Edyta[/name_f], [name_f]Danuta[/name_f], Dagmara, Malwina, [name_f]Celestyna[/name_f], [name_f]Jolanta[/name_f], [name_f]Brygida[/name_f], ”ucja, Bogna, Aniela, Jagoda, [name_f]Halina[/name_f], [name_f]Aldona[/name_f], [name_u]Bo[/name_u]żena, [name_f]Gloria[/name_f], [name_f]Honorata[/name_f], [name_f]Marianna[/name_f], [name_f]Julianna[/name_f], Marcjanna, [name_f]Rozalia[/name_f].
boys: [name_m]Cyryl[/name_m], [name_m]Tytus[/name_m], [name_f]Kosma[/name_f], [name_m]Feliks[/name_m], [name_m]Emil[/name_m], [name_u]Florian[/name_u], [name_m]Fryderyk[/name_m], [name_m]Ignacy[/name_m], Kajetan, [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], [name_m]Marcel[/name_m], [name_m]Maurycy[/name_m], Miłosz, [name_u]Roch[/name_u], [name_m]Roman[/name_m], [name_m]Sergiusz[/name_m], [name_m]Serafin[/name_m], [name_m]Sylwester[/name_m], [name_m]Teodor[/name_m], [name_m]Zenon[/name_m], [name_m]Zygmunt[/name_m].
#5 - International names:
girls: [name_f]Anastazja[/name_f], [name_f]Nadia[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Luiza[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Ewa[/name_f], [name_f]Liliana[/name_f], [name_f]Eleonora[/name_f], [name_f]Monika[/name_f], [name_f]Celina[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Izabela[/name_f], [name_f]Klaudia[/name_f], [name_f]Krystyna[/name_f], [name_f]Laura[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Lidia[/name_f], [name_f]Marta[/name_f], [name_f]Regina[/name_f], Sylwia, [name_f]Teresa[/name_f], Weronika.
boys: [name_m]Robert[/name_m], [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_m]Fabian[/name_m], [name_m]Dawid[/name_m], [name_m]Daniel[/name_m], [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Artur[/name_m], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], [name_u]Marian[/name_u], [name_m]Henryk[/name_m], [name_m]Igor[/name_m], [name_m]Leonard[/name_m], [name_m]Maksymilian[/name_m], Oliwer, [name_m]Oskar[/name_m], [name_m]Stefan[/name_m].
#6 - Other mixed Polish names (were popular in 2000):
girls: [name_f]Martyna[/name_f], Patrycja, [name_f]Agata[/name_f], [name_f]Kamila[/name_f], Oliwia, [name_f]Inga[/name_f], [name_f]Dominika[/name_f], [name_f]Nikola[/name_f], [name_f]Sandra[/name_f], Ewelina, [name_f]Roksana[/name_f], [name_f]Angelika[/name_f], [name_f]Milena[/name_f], [name_f]Olga[/name_f], [name_f]Barbara[/name_f], [name_f]Ida[/name_f], [name_f]Adrianna[/name_f], [name_m]Iga[/name_m].
boys: [name_m]Krystian[/name_m], Wiktor, [name_m]Kamil[/name_m], [name_m]Patryk[/name_m], ”ukasz, [name_m]Adrian[/name_m], [name_m]Hubert[/name_m], [name_u]Karol[/name_u], [name_m]Konrad[/name_m], [name_m]Norbert[/name_m], [name_m]Eryk[/name_m], Arkadiusz, [name_m]Nikodem[/name_m], [name_m]Alan[/name_m], [name_m]Olaf[/name_m], Franciszek.
*Please note that sometimes there is the most common nickname written next to the name in “” brackets.
*also sorry for any repeats. you cannot choose the same name twice, even if it’s in two different groups.
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] you enjoy it!
[name_f]Marta[/name_f] aka senseandsensibility.