The name is simply a natural identifier for most of us - allows to separate between people with the same name, indicates belonging to the household and facilitates formalities. In Poland, the strategy of names began to make around the 13th century, erstwhile the increasing population forced the introduction of the second branch of identification. Initially they were nicknames related to profession, residence or character. In time, they became hereditary and became names. Among these geneological stories, however, there are recordrs - names so short that they consist of 2 letters. Let us look at which of them are present in Poland, how many carriers they have and where they can come from.
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The shortest name in Poland. It consists of 2 letters and is worn by only 2 people
According to the database provided by the Ministry of Digitization on the portal data.gov.pl and journalistic compilations, respective names were registered in Poland, which number only 2 characters. The rarity of these names is astonishing: each 1 now bears only 2 Poles. The rarest include Ax, Bc, Oo, Eo, In, Je, Ka, Oe and Sa. The summary, created on the basis of the information collected in the PESEL register, states that on 19 January 2024 7 people - 4 women and 2 men - were named Ax, 4 men wore Bc, and 2 Oo. Eo's name belonged to 3 women and 2 men, and In to 3 women and 3 men.
The next part of the study includes the names Je, Ka and Oe, which in 2024 were listed in the registry with 4 men (Je) and 2 men (Ka and Oe). The most two-letter carriers have Sa - 2 women and 3 men. Interestingly, this list does not exhaust all two-letter names in Poland. Sources besides mention somewhat more common Le, Axis, Ji, Fu, Ek, Sy, Du, Mu, Izh, Bu, Bi, Ky, Co, Dy, El, Lviv and Om. Although they are short, they already have respective or respective appearances nationwide.
What are the shortest names in Poland? That's where the short names came from.
Onomats, or researchers of their own names, emphasize that two-letter names frequently come from old nicknames or household calls. In medieval Małopolska and Silesia, it was popular to shorten words to one- or two-syllable sounds. The nicknames specified as "Pa", "Ma" or "Ła" could mean e.g. a boy (the first syllable of the father's name), but in time became a stand-alone surname. Names specified as Ax, Je or In can besides be a phonetic evidence derived from the dialects of peasant shouts. Modern two-letter names associated with the letters Oe or Oo may in turn point to abroad roots - they are found among families of Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese origin, which settled in Poland and retained the first form of the surname.
Name records. The longest and most surprising
On the another side of the statistical spectrum are names of awesome length. The Ministry of Digital Affairs noted that the longest surname in Poland has as many as 51 letters and belongs to 2 women. It reads, "Czartoryski Rostworowski-Mystic Anderson Scimone". For comparison, 2 another evidence names number 35 characters - these are "Paschalis Ochedoski a.k.a. Ochenduszko" and "Rosado Fernandes McCarthy da Cunha" - and each carries only 2 people. specified long names usually arise as a consequence of joining household names and leaving both members after marriage, as well as in families with global connections.
Sources: data.gov.pl, o2.pl, story.pl, woman.interia.pl
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