I believe that 'Maryanne' is a fairly common woman's name in Poland. i have come across it many times. Irene > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:27:18 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [POLAND] POLAND-ROOTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 27 > > My husband had an uncle who was a priest and he spelled his name Marion. > > Deloris > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Lindy Kasperski <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Just to add to this and I trust Roman and others to clarify any mistakes: > > Maryan or Marian is a very common male Polish name that in a different > > grammatical case could show up as Marianna or Maryanna. > > > > My official name is Lindy Marian Kasperski. Please don't ask about Lindy, > > but I am a male. However my 1950 birth certificate is Lindy Maryan > > Kasperski. I changed Maryan to Marian after my second visit to Poland in > > 1974 at a Polish folk dance school in Lublin when officials there suggested > > my middle name was not correct i.e. Maryan should be Marian. I send this > > email with humorous intention but also to point out that in official > > documents of Poles arriving in Canada before WW2 a female could have her > > name listed as Maria, Marya or Marja and a male Marian, Maryan or Marjan. > > Obviously this is nominative case but reflects persons who recorded the > > documents. > > > > Fred Hoffman wrote an article on this sometime back that is interchange of > > i j and y. I will track it down or better yet ask Fred to identify it. > > > > > > Lindy Marian Kasperski > > Regina, Sk > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bronwyn Klimach > > Sent: January-31-11 1:01 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [POLAND] POLAND-ROOTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 27 > > > > Maryanna, > > I would venture to say that, often interchangeable with Maria, Marianna is > > the most common name. > > You might like to consider this article: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_name > > I trust you also have a goodly number of Annas and Katarzynas in your > > family > > tree! > > Bronwyn. > > > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Maryanna Negley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Maryanna/Marianna must have been uncommonly common in Poland in the > > > 1800s. It shows up numerous times in both of my families - NE and SW > > > Poland. > > > > > > Maryanna Negley > > > nee Blazek > > > > > ********************************* > > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > > [email protected] > > ---------------------------------- > > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > > researching our Polish roots. > > ---------------------------------- > > Browse the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > > Search the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ********************************* > > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > > [email protected] > > ---------------------------------- > > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > > researching our Polish roots. > > ---------------------------------- > > Browse the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > > Search the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message