https://forum.polishorigins.com/index.php Ask & share everything you would like to learn and tell about your origins in Poland en-EN (c) Copyright 2026 by PolishOrigins(TM) Forum forum@polishorigins.com (PolishOrigins Forum) forum@polishorigins.com (PolishOrigins Webmaster) Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:19:46 +0200 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:19:46 +0200 http://backend.userland.com/rss phpBB2 RSS Syndication Mod by Lucas 1 http://forum.polishorigins.com/templates/sephia/images/rss2.png https://forum.polishorigins.com/index.php Ask & share everything you would like to learn and tell about your origins in Poland https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=42973#42973 <br /> Author: <a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1736'>Cheri Vanden Berg</a><br /><br /> Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 5:12 pm<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Hi Mike,<br /> I'm not sure, but I think one of the &quot;surnames&quot; could be a nickname, or a name that the person was called. William Hoffman in &quot;Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings&quot; writes: So many people had the same first name that the use of by-names or nicknames was common long before surnames were established.<br /> <br /> My ancestors had nicknames. I've read that it was common throughout Poland.<br /> <br /> Cheri https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=42973#42973 Cheri Vanden Berg Mon May 27, 2019 5:12 pm https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=42973#42973 https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=42843#42843 <br /> Author: <a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8397'>MikeBayko</a><br /><br /> Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 2:46 pm<br /><br /> <br /><br /> message https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=42843#42843 MikeBayko Tue May 21, 2019 2:46 pm https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=42843#42843