Grażyna is a

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. The name was created by the Polish poet

Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...

for the main character of his 1823 poem '' Grażyna''. The name is derived from the

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''gražus'', meaning "pretty", "beautiful".April 1
a name day for Grażyna

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s include Grasia, Grazia, Grażynka, Grażka, Grażusia. In Polish tradition, the

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s for Grażyna are April 1 and July 26.July 26
a name day for Grażyna

Notable people

* Grażyna Auguścik (born 1955), Polish jazz vocalist, composer, and arranger *

Grażyna Bacewicz Grażyna Bacewicz Biernacka (; 5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist. She is the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the ...

(1909–1969), Polish composer and violinist *

Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska (born 16 February 1962) is a Polish actress. She has appeared in 22 films and television shows since 1988. She starred in ''Johnnie Waterman'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film ...

(born 1962), Polish actress * Grażyna Brodzińska (born 1951), Polish soprano, opera and operetta singer, and musical actress * Grażyna Ciemniak (born 1948), Polish politician * Grażyna Długołęcka (born 1951), Polish film actress * Grażyna Gęsicka (1951–2010), Polish sociologist and politician * Grazyna Kochanska, Polish-American developmental psychologist *

Grażyna Kostrzewińska Grażyna Maria Kostrzewińska, née Osmańska (born 26 November 1950 in Toruń) is a Polish former pair skater. With Adam Brodecki, she placed 11th at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, ...

(born 1950), Polish pair skater *

Grażyna Kulczyk Grażyna Kulczyk (born 5 November 1950) is a Polish investor, art collector and philanthropist. Education and career She graduated in law and administration from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Upon finishing her studies, she began t ...

(born 1950), Polish investor, art collector, philanthropist and billionaire * Grazyna Monvid, British actress, author and award-winning playwright *

Grażyna Miller Grażyna Miller (29 January 1957 – 17 August 2009)Żegnamy tłumaczkę „Trypty ...

(1957–2009), Polish poet and translator *

Grażyna Prokopek Grażyna Prokopek-Janáček (born 20 April 1977 in Zalewo) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She is married to a Czech former pole vaulter, Štěpán Janáček. International competitions 1Representing Europe ...

(born 1977), Polish sprinter *

Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 16 July 1947) is a Polish composer and music educator. Life Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She studied composition at the State School of Music in Wrocław with Stefan Poradowski ...

(born 1947), Polish composer and music educator *

Grażyna Szapołowska Grażyna Szapołowska (; born 19 September 1953) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Life and career She was born in Bydgoszcz. The father was of Latvian-Polish descent, and mother, Wanda, was Lithuanian-Polish descent. She has a sister, Lidi ...

(born 1953), Polish film and theatre actress *

Grażyna Staszak-Makowska Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (born 1 November 1953) is a Polish fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Soci ...

(born 1953), Polish fencer *

Grażyna Strachota Grażyna Strachota ( Grazyna Strachota-Szpakowska; born 8 September 1960, in Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metrop ...

(born 1960), Polish actress *

Grażyna Rabsztyn Grażyna Józefa Rabsztyn (; born September 20, 1952 in Wrocław) is a retired Polish hurdler. She represented her country at the Summer Olympics on three occasions (1972–1980) and was a finalist each time (twice placing fifth). Rabsztyn set ...

(born 1952), Polish hurdler *

Grażyna Witkowska Grażyna Witkowska (born 22 June 1952) is a Polish gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, ...

(born 1952), Polish gymnast *

Grażyna Wolszczak Grażyna Wolszczak (born 7 December 1958 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish actress. In 2016, she co-signed, together with hundreds of other people, a letter to Ban Ki-Moon calling for a more humane drug policy. Filmography *''Na Wspólnej'' (200 ...

(born 1958), Polish actress *

Grażyna Vetulani Grażyna Małgorzata Vetulani née Świerczyńska (born 15 March 1956) is a Polish philologist and linguist, professor of the humanities, professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. ...

(born 1956), Polish philologist and linguist, professor of the humanities *

Wanda Grażyna Gałecka-Szmurło Wanda Grażyna Gałecka-Szmurło (21 August 1899 in Warsaw - 10 January 1993) was a Polish lawyer, independence and social activist, the second woman in Poland who was entered on the list of lawyers. She conducted intensive social and journalis ...

(1899-1993), Polish lawyer, independence and social activist, the second woman in Poland who was entered on the list of lawyers

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