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It's so pastoral. I see a stout, rosy-cheeked peasant girl from like up to 19th c. but probably medieval. To me it's almost comedic in how extremely rural, robust and old-timey but familiar it is (it's familiar because it appears in two mandatory school readings in Poland and I bet anyone can guess what kinds of characters Jagnas are in them and roughly what times the novels are set in xD )
I think it's an ok name but I also think it can be tricky to pull off.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/109883
I think it's an ok name but I also think it can be tricky to pull off.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/109883
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Why do you think it's going up in popularity and in what school readings was it in?
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It has some trendy sounds, its popularity grew along with Iga and Jagoda, and it's fun to say. Maybe the growing popularity of cottagecore also had something to do with it? And old grandma names have also been rising in recent years so it may be fitting in with that style.
It's in Reymont's "The Peasants" (where it's stated that it's a diminutive of Agnieszka), and in Sienkiewicz's "The Knights of the Cross", though further softened to Jagienka because the man was insufferable. Another name he used in a different mandatory school reading ("In Desert and Wilderness") - Nel - is also starting to break into the top 100 even though it was even supposed to sound foreign and sounds weird as a Polish girl name but that could be another reason for Jagna's popularity, especially consideling young people's increased interest in these novels as Sienkiewicz's rivalry with another writer was memefied some years ago.
It's in Reymont's "The Peasants" (where it's stated that it's a diminutive of Agnieszka), and in Sienkiewicz's "The Knights of the Cross", though further softened to Jagienka because the man was insufferable. Another name he used in a different mandatory school reading ("In Desert and Wilderness") - Nel - is also starting to break into the top 100 even though it was even supposed to sound foreign and sounds weird as a Polish girl name but that could be another reason for Jagna's popularity, especially consideling young people's increased interest in these novels as Sienkiewicz's rivalry with another writer was memefied some years ago.
This message was edited 1/31/2022, 8:33 PM
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Thanks for the detailed reply! It makes total sense!
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