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Songs and Names » Polish Names and Feast Days What’s Past is Prologue — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:34:12 +0000

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By: djpoint

djpoint — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:42:11 +0000

Hi, Angela,

Thanks for leaving a comment on my page! According to the book by Fred Hoffman, the feast day for Wieslaw is 22 May. But, the tradition wasn’t always followed by every family. Feast days for middle names count, too!

My Jozef Pater actually had a brother named Bronislaw, born 1879 in Zyrardow or Ruda Guzowska as it was called then. It’s not near Lwow, though. Too bad! I don’t hear from many Polish Pater’s, so it was very nice hearing from you.

Take care,
Donna

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:46:06 +0000

Dear Donna
You have made some interesting links with name days and birthdays!
I was interested to see your mention of your ancestor Jozef Pater. My late father was Wieslaw Pater of Warsaw (born Krakow 1923) and came to England after WWII. He celebrated the name day for the saint of his 2nd name, Antoni, on 13 June, though he was born in April, but maybe there is no St Wieslaw.
His father was Bronislaw Pater, whose family I believe had connections in Lwow, now in Ukraine; had brothers I think whose names escape me.

By: djpoint

djpoint — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:14:13 +0000

Lisa, I know that some other countries celebrate name days, but other than Poles and Russians I’ve never heard of naming the child after the saint for that day. In other countries like Germany, Ireland, and Italy, the child’s given name is usually based on some family name, and in a particular order — first son get’s the father’s name or paternal grandfather’s name, etc. I’m also curious if any other countries follow this since I was surprised by the “accuracy rate” in my own family.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:03:06 +0000

I’m interested in learning what other European cultures follow this tradition. Any ideas?

By: Jewelgirl

Jewelgirl — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:39:04 +0000

Thanks for the info on name days. I am working on
my husbands family branch. He has Frank, Francis,
Theofil and Bazel and more. I think they also have name days in Bavaria, Germany also. Thanks for your interesting
topic.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:35:16 +0000

Hi Donna! Welcome to the Geneablogging community! I hope you find lots of fun stuff to read and maybe learn a little, too. I can tell by reading your first few posts that we’re going to learn a lot from you!

By: Jasia

Jasia — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:29:34 +0000

This is an interesting naming tradition isn’t it? I wish I’d been aware of it when my kids were born. I might have considered using it.

I was aware of it by the time my daughter made her Confirmation in the Catholic Church. She had to choose a Confirmation name so we looked up the saints’ name days and she chose the name of a saint close to her actual birth date… Felicity.

So we used this naming convention in our family too