Saw [name]Szczepanike[/name] on the front page and it obviously caught my eye…then I found out it’s a form of my own name! Can anyone enlighten me on the pronunciation/origin?
I saw that too and thought someone literally smashed their keyboard and added it as a name. I legitimately thought someone was trolling.
I cannot swear to you, but I think its very likely Polish and a feminization of [name]Szczepan[/name]? It seems likely, since [name]Szczepan[/name] is Polish for [name]Stephen[/name].
[name]Szczepan[/name] http://www.forvo.com/word/szczepan/#pl
First/best guess on pronunciation is chep-AHN-ick-uh.
I’ve never heard of [name]Szczepanike[/name], but [name]Szczepan[/name] is the Polish variant of [name]Stephen[/name] and Szczepanik is a Polish surname. The gazillion “z’s” are characteristically Polish but the introduction of the “e” on the end is a bit out of the blue, and perhaps more of a Germanic phenomenon, so I’d probably rule this as an illegitimate name. [name]Stefania[/name] is usually considered the Polish version of [name]Stephanie[/name], followed by Szczepana.
It’s a toughie to pronounce, but [name]Szczepan[/name] for example would sound like something along the lines of “sh-chep-ahn”. So [name]Szczepanike[/name] I imagine would be “sh-chep-ahn-yeek-eh”.