I've received helpful information on HRYHORIJ and PARASKEVIA, but the jury is still out on HRYC, so I'll check out the resources you provided.   The family was from the village of Lubno in far SE Poland (Sub-Carpathian region), very close to the current border with Ukraine, and the family spoke both languages.   The rest of my family branches are from the far North Central part of Poland, including some Kashube near Gdansk, and spoke Polish and German.   Several of the given names in the branch I'm currently researching, really stand out as because of the Ukrainian/Russian proximity and the history of Poland's Partitions.  It is new and unfamiliar territory to me...but I'm learning.   Thanks for your help. Ruth   ________________________________ From: the cohens <the.cohens.in.california@gmail.com> To: Ruth Susmarski <rususmar@yahoo.com> Cc: Cook County <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 4, 2012 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Ukrainian given names On 4/30/12, Ruth Susmarski <rususmar@yahoo.com> wrote: > ...Anyone out there have knowledge of > Ukrainian given names that can help with the following?  Google just isn't > doing it... > > Could HRYHORIJ translate to GEORGE? > > Could PARASKEVIA translate to PAULINE? > > Also, is HRYC a short form of HRYHORIJ? HRYC sure looks to me like it would get transliterated to Horace, but that is just a guess from eyeballing the name. There is a very low traffic Ukraine list you could try posting at: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/UKR/UKR-GENSEARCH.html Also,  the Poland Roots Mailing list  has name experts sometimes answering questions and if your family was from  within Poland at some point (I am not sure from your post), you might get some very interesting responses there.  It is a very friendly list: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/POL/POLAND-ROOTS.html