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This is my first time posting on the Surnames board, so hi, everyone. ^^
I was wondering how much you all know about constructing Polish surnames.
Some background info: I've never gotten along with my dad's side of the family. They're very self-righteous, insincere, and judgemental people. On top of it all, the majority of them are openly racist. I was given my dad's surname at birth because that's the most common tradition, but I'm turning 18 in January and planning on changing it, then--I just want to remove myself from those people as much as possible.
I would just change to my mom's original surname Malone, but her father was abusive, and that name belonged to him. Then again, don't want to arbitrarily choose a name, so I've decided to "start" a new name.
My great-grandmother on my mom's side is a wonderful woman and I've always been close to her. She's a 1st gen. Polish immigrant, and I'm 1/4 Polish 4th gen. I'd like to create a Polish surname meaning "descendant of" using her first name, Catherine.
My question: Do you know of a surname like that that exists already? WDYT would be the best way of creating one?
All I know, really, is about basic suffixes -ski, -wicz, -czyk, etc... any help will be very appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
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" i'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance "
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I was wondering how much you all know about constructing Polish surnames.
Some background info: I've never gotten along with my dad's side of the family. They're very self-righteous, insincere, and judgemental people. On top of it all, the majority of them are openly racist. I was given my dad's surname at birth because that's the most common tradition, but I'm turning 18 in January and planning on changing it, then--I just want to remove myself from those people as much as possible.
I would just change to my mom's original surname Malone, but her father was abusive, and that name belonged to him. Then again, don't want to arbitrarily choose a name, so I've decided to "start" a new name.
My great-grandmother on my mom's side is a wonderful woman and I've always been close to her. She's a 1st gen. Polish immigrant, and I'm 1/4 Polish 4th gen. I'd like to create a Polish surname meaning "descendant of" using her first name, Catherine.
My question: Do you know of a surname like that that exists already? WDYT would be the best way of creating one?
All I know, really, is about basic suffixes -ski, -wicz, -czyk, etc... any help will be very appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
♦♠" i'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance "
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♣♥This message was edited 9/23/2006, 10:04 AM
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