Yes, a month ago I got to know a group of Germans that were about my age and their names were cool. But until then I've only known names from films and older people's stories (both mainly from the times of war and earlier) and they seemed so weird xD
Well, Feliks is not a common name in Poland at all. I love this name, but many Polish people say it's awful. It was popular only until around 19th century I guess, and that's why it has this old aristocratic touch to it.
I don't know what names are in vogue right now, but novadays I see that parents are more willing to name their children with unusual names, like from the times of Renaissance or even with names of legendary Polish rulers(from the 10th century), i.e. Amadeusz, Lech, Ziemowit, Mieszko. But as for my generation (I'm 17), I can list some names that I see most often. Female: Kasia (Katarzyna), Monika, Natalia, Justyna, Karolina, Marta, Agnieszka, Ola (Aleksandra); Male: Damian, Dawid, Bartek (Bartosz or Bartłomiej), Kuba (Jakub), Karol, Maciek (Maciej), Marcin, Michał. Something like that (I wrote full versions of the names in the brackets).
By the way, the reason we write Feliks like this, is because there is no "x" letter in Polish :)
Re: looong comment...mine too XD
Yes, a month ago I got to know a group of Germans that were about my age and their names were cool. But until then I've only known names from films and older people's stories (both mainly from the times of war and earlier) and they seemed so weird xD
Well, Feliks is not a common name in Poland at all. I love this name, but many Polish people say it's awful. It was popular only until around 19th century I guess, and that's why it has this old aristocratic touch to it.
I don't know what names are in vogue right now, but novadays I see that parents are more willing to name their children with unusual names, like from the times of Renaissance or even with names of legendary Polish rulers(from the 10th century), i.e. Amadeusz, Lech, Ziemowit, Mieszko. But as for my generation (I'm 17), I can list some names that I see most often. Female: Kasia (Katarzyna), Monika, Natalia, Justyna, Karolina, Marta, Agnieszka, Ola (Aleksandra); Male: Damian, Dawid, Bartek (Bartosz or Bartłomiej), Kuba (Jakub), Karol, Maciek (Maciej), Marcin, Michał. Something like that (I wrote full versions of the names in the brackets).
By the way, the reason we write Feliks like this, is because there is no "x" letter in Polish :)