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in reply to a message by Cathy
I really hate Polish names with an L in the spelling!
I think you may be right about the name having been shortened. I looked at a Polish website and, according to their data, there is nobody in Poland surnamed Oklad. Nor is there anyone with the name spelled with that other L which I can't replicate, but permit me to try. There is no surname Ok£ad, but there is a surname Ok£ad£o, and a surname Ok£adny. I don't know what these names mean. You might be interested to know that the word ok£ad is in the Polish dictionary. I've looked it up but I'm no wiser as to its precise meaning. The word oklad is also Russian. It means "salary" or"tax rate", but I can't relate those explanations to a surname.
I think you may be right about the name having been shortened. I looked at a Polish website and, according to their data, there is nobody in Poland surnamed Oklad. Nor is there anyone with the name spelled with that other L which I can't replicate, but permit me to try. There is no surname Ok£ad, but there is a surname Ok£ad£o, and a surname Ok£adny. I don't know what these names mean. You might be interested to know that the word ok£ad is in the Polish dictionary. I've looked it up but I'm no wiser as to its precise meaning. The word oklad is also Russian. It means "salary" or"tax rate", but I can't relate those explanations to a surname.
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