New Post
Search
Help[Facts] Pola
I'm wondering about the meaning and ethnicity of Pola (f). I've come across these two actresses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pola_Negri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pola_Raksa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pola_Negri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pola_Raksa
1
Replies
Thank you. That's what I thought it was.
1
Not correct
This is not a Polish variant of Paula. Polish etymological sources say that there is a confusion between the two names because the name Paula is pronounced like Pola in some Polish accents(although in my accent they are quite different). Pola was previously only a nickname for Apolonia(Polish form has on e P) but is now used as an independent name. I know a sibset in Poland of Pola and Ninel.
There is also the similar Polish name Poliana/Polianna. It is not related to the literary name Polyanna. It is the feminine form of the name Polian which is in turn the Polish form of the Roman name Polianus.
This is not a Polish variant of Paula. Polish etymological sources say that there is a confusion between the two names because the name Paula is pronounced like Pola in some Polish accents(although in my accent they are quite different). Pola was previously only a nickname for Apolonia(Polish form has on e P) but is now used as an independent name. I know a sibset in Poland of Pola and Ninel.
There is also the similar Polish name Poliana/Polianna. It is not related to the literary name Polyanna. It is the feminine form of the name Polian which is in turn the Polish form of the Roman name Polianus.
1
Okay, thank you so much for this!
1
Thank you!
1