name for a baby boy

teetotaller

Hello

Myself and my wife are thinking and thinking and thinking about name for our little boy

We still have some time to decide - but we need your advice.

As we are from Poland - we want to give to our baby Polish name, but name that could be easily pronunciated by English speaking people.

We know that there are some names (like in every language) that are not popular, or are funny, or very old and not used etc.

What do you think about name Anthony ? (Antoni is Polish spelling)

any suggestions are very welcome.
Thanks

ironictoaster

Łukasz or Tomasz

?

teetotaller

creggy wrote: »

Łukasz or Tomasz

?

Lucas and Thomas

both are ok, but too many people are Łukasz or Tomasz, so it must be something special

Creamy Goodness

always loved the name Przemyslaw tbh.

teetotaller

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

always loved the name Przemyslaw tbh.

that may be too difficult for you to pronunciate. as well as Kazimierz, Bogumił, Zdzisław, Grzegorz, etc.


Ok again - Anthony - is it a popular, good or bad name ?

We all know how kids can behave - are there any funny/stupid "nicknames" that can be matched with Anthony ?

RealistSpy

what about Kasper?

deisemum

I like the name Anthony, also like the shortened version Tony. It was my Dad's second name.

The polish version Antoni should be easy enough for people to pronounce, at least it's a lot easier to pronounce compared to some irish names that a lot of irish people themselves have difficulty pronouncing

pljudge321

I don't know any polish names, and I'm sure many others here don't either so why don't you through up a list with potential names spelled phonetically so we can give you some opinions.

cee_jay

Most Anthony's I know have their name shortened to Tony or even Ant.
It used to be a fairly popular name years back. You don't get too many kids being called it anymore though.

35notout

I think Antonhy may get shortened to Anto - and that's a skangers name imo.

Give us some Polish names and then we can advise....

N_Raid

If you're in Dublin and you name him Antoni he's going to be Anto. And it's a real stereotype skanger name. If you like the name tho I wouldnt let stuff like that put you off.

I don't know a lot of polish names but I know three I like. Crystain, Polish version of Christian so no problems there. I like Danek and Mirco too. I'm no expert but I would assume they're pronounced as they look in english so I can't imagine too many problems there either.

Gabsdot

What about Andrey or Andrei

teetotaller

thanks for all your replys

Andrey is not a correct spelling it is Andrzej.

Didn't know that Anto is a skanger name - not happy with this, as in Poland it is like here quite an old name - not very popular.

The problem is that we don't have a list of names for our boy, and Antoni is our favourite one .

Many of Polish names are very similar to Irish

Martin - Marcin
Philip - Filip
Andrew - Andrzej
Thomas - Tomasz
Crystian - Krystian
Daniel - Daniel
Paul - Paweł
Gregory - Grzegorz
etc etc.


ahhh time is flying and we still don't know.....

punchdrunk

what's the Polish for Ben? I always liked it
anyway anthony is my middle name,i don't use it much and I only really ever see it on my credit card bills

Zynks

I like the sound of Andrzej

squidgey

What about Adam? - I know Polish people are primarily Catholic, and as far as I know Adam is both an English and a Polish name.

Krusader

What 'bout Jacek or Jakub
very easily pronounced by an english speaker

Lobsterlady

Anthony is a lovely name in my opinion. Does it sound good with the surname?
I also like Aleksander.
Let the 'skangers' call him Anto, i'm sure you won't let him mix in these circles:-)
Best of luck with your new arrival.

rosepetal

I am afraid I have to agree with anthony being a bit of a skanger name and its also very 'aul fella'.
Krystian is lovely and Tomasz is not bad.
There is a little polish boy who plays with my son and he is called Fabian, which I think is a lovely name.

sdanseo

Zynks wrote: »

I like the sound of Andrzej

Which will inevitably be shortened to Andy - perfectly respectable.

cafegirl

karl is a strong name,or what about patric,then your irish friend can call him paddy!

dara95

i hate anthony!!!

what about victor, vladimir, ivan and igor???

aoibhebree

teetotaller wrote: »

Martin - Marcin
Philip - Filip
Andrew - Andrzej
Thomas - Tomasz
Crystian - Krystian
Daniel - Daniel
Paul - Paweł
Gregory - Grzegorz
etc etc.
.

Of those, Daniel is my favourite.

I also like Martin, but some of the Irish accents murder it - as in, "Meeeeeeeartun" !

misssaucie

I think Felix is so nice

teetotaller

dara95 wrote: »

i hate anthony!!!

what about victor, vladimir, ivan and igor???

I leave russian names for russian people

Thanks for so many answers.
I was talking few days ago with one Irish person, I told him about Anthony and skangers name Anto - he told me that scumbags change almos all names to ****o - marco, ando, marto, etc. Anyway we will try to keep our son away from "bad" people

Few people asked what about wiktor, Patrick, etc. We don't want to give to our baby name that is too popular, we are looking for something different.

We are still thinking. It is too dificult.

ps
I don't know Polish meaning of Ben.

Cocoh

Daniel is the perfect name I think! The only nicknames would be danny, dan, which are really cute, or Dano which compared to others really isn't that skangerish!

Best of luck with your new baby congratulations

Cormac2791

clemence

andala

I had the same problem almost 10 months ago and decided to call my wee man Olaf. Not typically Polish but easy to pronounce by both Polish and English speakers.

Maja

How for Irish person would sound:

-Henry,
-Milosz,
-Tymon,
-Wiktor

:rolleyes: ?

Saaron

How about 'Maciek'?

I'm not sure if it's Polish or how popular it is, but I know an awesome Polish guy with that name and always thought it was interesting !

Good Luck choosing a name.

P.s not sure if that's how you actually spell it..maybe it's 'maciej' ? Sorry I don't know.

allprops

Emil. Simple. Strong. Easy to pronounce.

Grawns

Daniel - all the way. I would also suggest that if you're going to stay in Ireland you pick as close to an English style name as possible. Think about the future and his name on a cv for a job. Who is more likely to get called to interview Daniel wiesniski or Antoni Wiesnieski? Don't shoot the messanger

I have the same situation with my daughter as she is half American. I love traditonal Irish names but picked Bridget as it just as recognised in Ireland as US.

Also Karl is a total skanger name.

jmbkay

If you like Antoni, then go for it. Most names are shortened, I wouldn't worry about that. Daniel sounds great in any language. I don't think Karl is skangery. It's not the name, it's the person.

stovelid

RealistSpy wrote: »

what about Kasper?

Class name.

Bill2673

Maja wrote: »

How for Irish person would sound:

-Henry,
-Milosz,
-Tymon,
-Wiktor

:rolleyes: ?

Of the four, Henry is the only one that is established as a name. Having said that, it would not be a common name at all. It would be seen as quite outdated, or maybe old fashioned. (Note, a lot of names that were old fashioned ten years ago are coming back into fashion, such as Thomas, Oliver, Samuel.....so ya never know).

The other three would not be traditional names here at all.

I'd say Milosz would the easiest.

Most Irish people would say Tymin, with the emphasis on the Ty part, and my guess is that its a name you would have to repeat, if someone asked you what the baby's name was.....

Wiktor.....most people here would say Victor. personally, I dont think it would sound as good in English as it might in Polish. It would be Victer rather than Vic-Tor (or Wik-Tor).

That's my opinion, other people might differ.

In general, a lot of European languages place the emphasis more on the second syllable and that makes a name sound more attractive. For example the name Eszter is very nice in Hungarian, but in English it doesn't work nearly as well in my opinion, because the emphasis is much more on the 'S', and very little on the 'ter'.

argosy2006

Ale-Alejandro, Ale-Alejandro

pickarooney

OP posted this over a year ago. I presume he's found a name since
Another poster is now asking a smilar question but with a different set of names.

maja wrote:

How for Irish person would sound:

-Henry,
-Milosz,
-Tymon,
-Wiktor

Bill2673

Yep, we know it mod.

teetotaller

jmbkay wrote: »

If you like Antoni, then go for it. Most names are shortened, I wouldn't worry about that. Daniel sounds great in any language. I don't think Karl is skangery. It's not the name, it's the person.

Antoni had his first birthday earlier this week. You are late with your suggestion

Chuchoter

Milosz is nice, so is Marcin. I love Emil, but I think the other boys might make fun of him and call him Emily.