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

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 >