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[Opinions] Re: Agnieszka "Agnia"
by ari.
2/4/2025, 12:08 PM
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
Agnia is not used as a short form of Agnieszka - it would be quite awkward to pronounce in Polish.

masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080

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- Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk (Tovaryshka_Anya)   +3
2/4/2025, 12:28 PM
What's wrong with the Polish pronounciation?
- ari.   +2
2/4/2025, 1:00 PM
It's just so similar to ognia (fire) and Ania (short for Anna) that it would be confused for them.
- Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk (Tovaryshka_Anya)   +1
2/4/2025, 1:03 PM
Yeah I was wondering about the fire part it's
also similar in my langauge and aren't a lot of short forms similar to Ania? At least where I live we have Anya and then we also have Tanya, Sanya, Hanya, Manya, Danya, Vanya...
- ari.
2/4/2025, 1:38 PM
yeah, I can't really explain why exactly Agnia sounds strange in Polish, but it does.