Names Categorized "archaic Polish"

Łucjan is an older Polish form of the Lucianus, derived from the Roman family name Lucianus, which itself comes from the praenomen Lucius. The root Latin word lux means 'light', giving the name a luminous etymology. Whil...

Zawisza is a Polish masculine given name, and the Polish cognate of the Czech name Záviš. The underlying root, Záviš, is itself derived from the Czech word závist, meaning "envy" — a rather unusual semantic source for a...