Names that work in both Polish and English?

[TeddyIsaHe]

I find this so tricky! Dp and I like such different names, and we’d both like them to work in both countries.

For reference dp loves the name Jakub with the nn Kuba, I am really, really not keen. I adore Henry, but the Polish equivalent Henryk is incredibly old fashioned according to dp. I like Eliasz, but again he hates it!

Girls names I LOVE Aurelia, dp not keen. It’s so hard to find a name that works in two languages that are incredible different.

Zofia/Zosia (pronounced Zosha)
Agata (Aga for short)
Kamila
Kasia (pronounced Kasha)
Kinga
Magda
Anna/Ania

Boys’ names more problematic!

Aleksander/Olek
Tadeusz - could be Tad for short.

Marcel (used by friends for the same reason)

We’ve got a few polish kids in our class - max, katja, Ewa, Oliwia and a Clara (no idea if the name is polish but her mum is).

Oskar
Kasper
Jozef
Adam
Natan
Stefan
Tomasz

Klaudia
Sara
Maria
Magda
Natalia
Ana

Justyna

Oskar is lovely, and Marta is my favourite for a girl 😊

Patryk
Kristian
Olaf
Caspar
Victor

I love all my Polish inlaw relatives' names! Though the spellings can cause confusion, and it was years before I knew some of their actual given names, given how many shortened and 'pet' names there are for every Polish name! Almost none of them are known by their given name.

I like Magda, Hanna/Hania, Lilia, Lidia, Sabina,
Stefan, Teodor, Rafal, Marek, Leon

Henri, Lucasz.

Forgot girls, Nina or Anna.

Łukasz doesn’t really work though, as it’s pronounced “Wookash” in Polish.

Kacper

Pawel is Paul I think.
Does Martin work?
Ewa?

Zuzanna or Agarta?

Helena
Nina
Karina
Maria
Laura
Marta
Renata
Anna
Iwona
Ilona
Lydia
Urszula (I know one who goes by Szula in English, pronounced Shoola, which I think is very pretty)
I know a girl who is Kasia in Polish and Katya in English

Edward
Adam
Aleksander
Zachary
Darius/Dariusz
Paweł as above is Paul
Stefan

I teach Polish children named

Diana
Emma
Julia
Nikola
Amelia
Laura

Adam
Oskar
Marcel
Daniel
Felix/ Felikz
Alexander/Aleksander
Antoni

For a girl - Zosia or Joanna

Bronia

Zofia, pronounced Zo-sha. Love that name.
Ewa
Mariola
Marta
Magda

We are mixed household and we are awaiting the arrival of Lucy (Lucyna/Lucynka) in Polish. If we have a boy it will be Kuba.

Friends have Oskar and Maya.

Julia would work. Or Hania.

Piotr / Wiktoria
Both lovely kids in dc class younger sibling Aleksander .,,not a fan of Kuba ... the 2 we know not nice kids !

Hannah
Clara
Natalia
Nadia

Monika

Pawel is Paul
Marek is Mark.

Anna and Alexander